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Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Shows the general election results for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 87,282 and a turnout of 67%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Neil Coyle
Majority
12,972
Electorate
87,282
Turnout
67%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 53.2%
LD 31.1%
Con 13.0%
UKIP 1.4%
Green 1.1%
Ind 0.2%

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 (%)
Neil Coyle  Lab 31,161 53.2 10.2
Simon Hughes  LD 18,189 31.1 -3.3
Siobhan Baillie  Con 7,581 13.0 1.2
Elizabeth Jones * UKIP 838 1.4 -4.9
John Tyson * Green 639 1.1 -2.8
James Clarke * Ind 113 0.2 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 LD Con UKIP Green Ind Left Unity - Trade Unionists and Socialists All People's Party The Republican Socialist Party BNP Oth
2005 31.6% 47.6% 13.0% 2.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
2010 29.2% 48.4% 17.1% 0.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0%
2015 43.1% 34.3% 11.8% 6.3% 3.9% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.2% 31.1% 13.0% 1.4% 1.1% 0.2% 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%
343 Bermondsey and Old Southwark 22.2%
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%
401 Bermondsey and Old Southwark 53.2%
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%
423 Bermondsey and Old Southwark 67.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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