An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Gateshead, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Ian Mearns with a majority of 17,350 - 41.2% - on a turnout of 64.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MEARNS, Ian | Lab | 27,426 | 65.1% | 8.4% |
HANKINSON, Lauren | Con | 10,076 | 23.9% | 9.4% |
BELL, Mark | UKIP | 2,281 | 5.4% | -12.4% |
HINDLE, Frank | LD | 1,709 | 4.1% | -2.8% |
REDFERN, Andy | Green | 611 | 1.5% | -2.6% |
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 65,186, having a valid vote count of 42,103 and an invalid vote count of 71.
Result declared at 02:03 on 9 June 2017.