UK general elections › 2017 › Oldham West and Royton
Oldham West and Royton — 2017
Jim McMahon (Labour Party) was elected with 29,846 votes— 65.2% of 45,788 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 65.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +15.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,788
| 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 | Jim McMahon | Labour Party | 29,846 | 65.2% | +15.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher Glenny | Conservative Party | 12,648 | 27.6% | — | |
| 3 | Ruth Keating | UK Independence Party | 1,899 | 4.1% | — | |
| 4 | Garth Harkness | Liberal Democrats | 956 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Adam King | Green Party | 439 | 1.0% | — |
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.