Election results for Heywood & Middleton

Heywood and Middleton by-election - Thursday, 9th October, 2014

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Heywood and Middleton by-election

Heywood & Middleton - results
Election Candidate Party Votes % Outcome
Liz McInnes Labour 11633 41% Elected
John Bickley UK Independence Party 11016 39% Not elected
Iain Gartside The Conservative Party 3496 12% Not elected
Anthony John Smith Liberal Democrats 1457 5% Not elected
Abigail Louise Jackson Green Party 870 3% Not elected
Voting Summary
Details Number
Seats 1
Total votes 28472
Electorate 79170
Number of ballot papers issued 28521
Number of proxy votes 55
Number of ballot papers rejected 43
Number of postal votes sent 9925
Number of postal votes returned 6852
Turnout 36%
Share of the votes (%)
Liz McInnes 41% Elected
John Bickley 39% Not elected
Iain Gartside 12% Not elected
Anthony John Smith 5% Not elected
Abigail Louise Jackson 3% Not elected
Rejected ballot papers
DescriptionNumber
Defaced5
Multi-selection10
No selection28
Total rejected43