An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Makerfield, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Yvonne Fovargue with a majority of 13,542 - 28.9% - on a turnout of 63.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
FOVARGUE, Yvonne | Lab | 28,245 | 60.2% | 8.4% |
CARNEY, Adam | Con | 14,703 | 31.3% | 11.8% |
BRIERLEY, Bob | Ind | 2,663 | 5.7% | - |
SKIPWORTH, John | LD | 1,322 | 2.8% | -0.8% |
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 74,259, having a valid vote count of 46,933 and an invalid vote count of 104.
Result declared at 01:24 on 9 June 2017.