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2017 general election results

Birmingham, Northfield

Shows the general election results for Birmingham, Northfield, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,322 and a turnout of 61.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Richard Burden
Majority
4,667
Electorate
72,322
Turnout
61.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 53.2%
Con 42.7%
LD 2.2%
Green 1.9%

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 (%)
Richard Burden  Lab 23,596 53.2 11.6
Meg Powell-Chandler  Con 18,929 42.7 7.0
Roger Harmer * LD 959 2.2 -1.0
Eleanor Masters * Green 864 1.9 -0.8
* 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 Green UKIP BNP CG Oth
2005 50.3% 30.4% 12.3% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7%
2010 40.3% 33.6% 15.7% 1.0% 3.3% 5.5% 0.7% 0.0%
2015 41.6% 35.7% 3.2% 2.8% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.2% 42.7% 2.2% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
476 Birmingham, Northfield 10.5%
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%
402 Birmingham, Northfield 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%
594 Birmingham, Northfield 61.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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