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2017 general election results

Batley and Spen

Shows the general election results for Batley and Spen, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 80,161 and a turnout of 67.1%.

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%
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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.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
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.

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Highest % 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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