2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election

2015 Oldham West and Royton
by-election
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Oldham West and Royton constituency
Turnout40.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Jim McMahon John Bickley James Daly
Party Labour UKIP Conservative
Popular vote 17,209 6,487 2,596
Percentage 62.1% 23.4% 9.4%
Swing Increase7.3% Increase2.8% Decrease9.6%
MP before election

Michael Meacher
Labour

Elected MP

Jim McMahon
Labour

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On 3 December 2015, a by-election was held in the UK Parliamentary constituency of Oldham West and Royton in Greater Manchester. This was the first by-election of the 56th UK Parliament.

The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Meacher on 21 October 2015;[1] Meacher had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since its creation in 1997 and had represented its predecessor seat of Oldham West since 1970.

A writ for the by-election was moved in Parliament on 2 November 2015, setting polling day as 3 December 2015.[2][3]

Jim McMahon held the seat for Labour with a winning 62% of the vote, an increase of 7.3 percentage points. There was a 40.3% turnout.

  1. ^ "Labour MP Michael Meacher dies". BBC News. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ Zeffman, Henry (31 October 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn to face Oldham West election test on 3 December". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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