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Portsmouth North

Shows the general election results for Portsmouth North, which is a constituency in Hampshire. In 2015 it had a total electorate of 73,105 and a turnout of 62.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Penny Mordaunt
Majority
10,537
Electorate
73,105
Turnout
62.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
Con 47.0%
Lab 23.8%
UKIP 19.1%
LD 6.2%
Green 3.2%
TUSC 0.5%
JACP 0.2%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Penny Mordaunt  Con 21,343 47.0 2.7
John Ferrett  Lab 10,806 23.8 -3.9
Mike Fitzgerald  UKIP 8,660 19.1 15.0
Darren Sanders  LD 2,828 6.2 -13.9
Gavin Ellis * Green 1,450 3.2 2.1
Jon Woods * TUSC 231 0.5 0.2
Steven George * JACP 72 0.2 0.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab UKIP LD Green TUSC JACP ED
2005 37.8% 38.5% 3.4% 20.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 44.3% 27.8% 4.1% 20.1% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 2.4%
2015 47.0% 23.8% 19.1% 6.2% 3.2% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 72.3%
344 Portsmouth North 23.2%
650 Gower 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 50.0%
1 Liverpool, Walton 81.3%
408 Portsmouth North 47.0%
650 Belfast South 24.5%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.2%
1 East Dunbartonshire 81.9%
506 Portsmouth North 62.1%
650 Stoke-on-Trent Central 51.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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