UK general elections › 2015 › Rochdale
Rochdale — 2015
Simon Danczuk (Labour Party) was elected with 20,961 votes— 46.1% of 45,430 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,430
| 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 | Simon Danczuk | Labour Party | 20,961 | −3.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Mohammed Masud | UK Independence Party | 8,519 | — | ||
| 3 | Azi Ahmed | Conservative Party | 7,742 | — | ||
| 4 | Andy Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 4,667 | — | ||
| 5 | Farooq Ahmed | Rochdale First Party | 1,535 | — | ||
| 6 | Mark Hollinrake | Green Party | 1,382 | — | ||
| 7 | Kevin Bryan | National Front | 433 | — | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Salim | Islam Zinda Baad Platform | 191 | — |
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.