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Barnsley East

Shows the general election results for Barnsley East, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 69,214 and a turnout of 58.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Stephanie Peacock
Majority
13,283
Electorate
69,214
Turnout
58.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 59.5%
Con 27.0%
UKIP 8.0%
The Yorkshire Party 3.0%
LD 1.8%
Eng Dem 0.7%

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 (%)
Stephanie Peacock  Lab 24,280 59.5 4.8
Andrew Lloyd  Con 10,997 27.0 12.4
James Dalton  UKIP 3,247 8.0 -15.5
Tony Devoy * The Yorkshire Party 1,215 3.0 3.0
Nicola Turner * LD 750 1.8 -1.3
Kevin Riddiough * Eng Dem 287 0.7 -0.4
* 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 The Yorkshire Party LD Eng Dem Yorkshire First TUSC Vapers In Power BNP Ind SLP Oth
2005 71.0% 12.7% 0.0% 0.0% 14.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
2010 47.0% 16.5% 4.5% 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% 1.9% 1.6% 0.0%
2015 54.7% 14.6% 23.5% 0.0% 3.2% 1.1% 1.7% 0.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.5% 27.0% 8.0% 3.0% 1.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 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%
194 Barnsley East 32.6%
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%
220 Barnsley East 59.5%
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%
627 Barnsley East 58.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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