An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Washington and Sunderland West, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Sharon Hodgson with a majority of 12,940 - 31.9% - on a turnout of 60.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HODGSON, Sharon | Lab | 24,639 | 60.7% | 5.8% |
GULLIS, Jonathan | Con | 11,699 | 28.8% | 10.0% |
FOSTER, Bryan | UKIP | 2,761 | 6.8% | -12.8% |
APPLEBY, Tom | LD | 961 | 2.4% | -0.3% |
CHANTKOWSKI, Michal | Green | 514 | 1.3% | -1.7% |
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 67,280, having a valid vote count of 40,574 and an invalid vote count of 74.
Result declared at 00:03 on 9 June 2017.