Oldham West and Royton by-election, 2015
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Location of Oldham West and Royton within Greater Manchester
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The Oldham West and Royton by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 3 December 2015 in the 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; 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.
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.
Six candidates contested the election; the statement of persons nominated was released by Oldham Council on 9 November 2015.
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