UK general elections › 2015 › Oldham West and Royton
Oldham West and Royton — 2015
Michael Meacher (Labour Party) was elected with 23,630 votes— 54.8% of 43,137 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,137
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Meacher | Labour Party | 23,630 | 54.8% | +4.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Francis Arbour | UK Independence Party | 8,892 | 20.6% | — | |
| 3 | Kamran Ghafoor | Conservative Party | 8,187 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Garth Harkness | Liberal Democrats | 1,589 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Simeon Hart | Green Party | 839 | 1.9% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.