UK general elections › 2024 › Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton — 2024
Jim McMahon (Labour Party) was elected with 13,232 votes— 34.3% of 38,573 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. 34.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,573
| 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 (Labour and Co-operative) | 13,232 | 34.3% | −15.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Zaffar Iqbal | Independent | 8,256 | 21.4% | — | |
| 3 | David Silbiger | Reform UK | 6,848 | 17.8% | — | |
| 4 | Horatio Lovering | Conservative Party | 4,066 | 10.5% | — | |
| 5 | Raja Miah | Independent | 2,470 | 6.4% | — | |
| 6 | Samsuzzaman Syed | Green Party | 1,857 | 4.8% | — | |
| 7 | Hannah Kitching | Liberal Democrats | 1,271 | 3.3% | — | |
| 8 | Tony Wilson | Independent | 573 | 1.5% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.