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2017 general election results

Barnsley Central

Shows the general election results for Barnsley Central, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,204 and a turnout of 60.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Dan Jarvis
Majority
15,546
Electorate
64,204
Turnout
60.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 63.9%
Con 24.1%
UKIP 8.5%
Green 1.5%
LD 1.4%
Eng Dem 0.5%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Dan Jarvis  Lab 24,982 63.9 8.2
Amanda Ford  Con 9,436 24.1 9.1
Gavin Felton  UKIP 3,339 8.5 -13.2
Richard Trotman * Green 570 1.5 -1.1
David Ridgway * LD 549 1.4 -0.7
Stephen Morris * Eng Dem 211 0.5 -0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP Green LD Eng Dem TUSC BNP Ind SLP Oth
2005 57.6% 14.7% 0.0% 0.0% 19.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.3%
2010 47.3% 17.3% 4.7% 0.0% 17.3% 0.0% 0.0% 8.9% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2015 55.7% 15.0% 21.7% 2.6% 2.1% 1.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 63.9% 24.1% 8.5% 1.5% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
109 Barnsley Central 39.8%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

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: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
101 Barnsley Central 63.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
604 Barnsley Central 60.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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