An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South Shields, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Emma Lewell-Buck with a majority of 14,508 - 35.6% - on a turnout of 64.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LEWELL-BUCK, Emma | Lab | 25,078 | 61.5% | 10.2% |
BUCHAN, Felicity | Con | 10,570 | 25.9% | 9.3% |
ELVIN, Richard | UKIP | 3,006 | 7.4% | -14.6% |
FORD, Shirley | Green | 1,437 | 3.5% | -0.9% |
GORDON, Gita | LD | 681 | 1.7% | -0.1% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 63,433, having a valid vote count of 40,772 and an invalid vote count of 77.
Result declared at 00:51 on 9 June 2017.