UK general elections › 2015 › Salford and Eccles
Salford and Eccles — 2015
Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour Party) was elected with 21,364 votes— 49.4% of 43,261 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,261
| 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 | Rebecca Long Bailey | Labour Party | 21,364 | 49.4% | −0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Greg Downes | Conservative Party | 8,823 | 20.4% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Doyle | UK Independence Party | 7,806 | 18.0% | — | |
| 4 | Emma Van Dyke | Green Party | 2,251 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Charlie Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 1,614 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | Bez Berry | We Are The Reality Party | 703 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Noreen Bailey | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 517 | 1.2% | — | |
| 8 | Sam Clark | Pirate Party UK | 183 | 0.4% | — |
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.