2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election

2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election
13 January 2011
Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency
Turnout48% ( 13.2 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Debbie Abrahams Elwyn Watkins
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 14,718 11,160
Percentage 42.1% 31.9%
Swing 10.2 pp 0.3 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Con
Candidate Kashif Ali Paul Nuttall
Party Conservative UKIP
Popular vote 4,481 2,029
Percentage 12.8% 5.8%
Swing 13.6 pp 1.9 pp
MP before election

Phil Woolas
Labour

Subsequent MP

Debbie Abrahams
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth was held on 13 January 2011, following its 2010 general election result being declared void by an election court. Labour Party candidate and incumbent MP Phil Woolas was found to have knowingly made false statements attacking his Liberal Democrat opponent Elwyn Watkins's personal character, and a re-run of the election in the seat was ordered. Debbie Abrahams, also of Labour, held the seat for her party with an increased majority over the Liberal Democrats.

This was the first by-election of the 2010–2015 parliament, and the first to be caused by a court overturning the previous result since the 1997 Winchester by-election.

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