Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Hold

Neil Coyle

Majority

12,972

Electorate

87,282

Turnout

67%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

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%

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.

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.

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.