Summary
Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.
LAB
Labour Hold
Tracy Brabin
Majority
8,961
Electorate
80,161
Turnout
67.1%
Share of the vote
Distribution of party votes by percentages.
Party Name | Share of the vote: 2017 |
---|---|
Lab | 55.5% |
Con | 38.8% |
LD | 2.3% |
Ind | 2.0% |
Green | 1.3% |
Ind | 0.1% |
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 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tracy Brabin | Lab | 29,844 | 55.5 | 12.3 |
Ann Myatt | Con | 20,883 | 38.8 | 7.6 |
John Lawson * | LD | 1,224 | 2.3 | -2.5 |
Aleks Lukic * | Ind | 1,076 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Alan Freeman * | Green | 695 | 1.3 | -1.1 |
Mohammed Hanif * | Ind | 58 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
* 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 | LD | Ind | Green | Ind | UKIP | TUSC | Patriotic Socialist Party | BNP | Oth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 45.3% | 31.7% | 15.4% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.0% |
2010 | 42.2% | 33.6% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.2% | 0.0% |
2015 | 43.2% | 31.2% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 18.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
2017 | 55.5% | 38.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 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% |
407 | Batley and Spen | 16.7% |
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.
View full listHighest winning vote share % | Average: 55.9% | |
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1 | Liverpool, Walton | 85.7% |
332 | Batley and Spen | 55.5% |
650 | Ceredigion | 29.2% |
Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.
View full listHighest % turnout | Average: 68.8% | |
---|---|---|
1 | Twickenham | 79.5% |
420 | Batley and Spen | 67.1% |
650 | Glasgow North East | 53.0% |
Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.
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