Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Paul Maynard

Majority

2,023

Electorate

63,967

Turnout

64.1%

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 (%)
Paul Maynard	Con	20,255	49.4	4.9
Chris Webb	Lab	18,232	44.5	8.5
Paul White *	UKIP	1,392	3.4	-11.4
Sue Close *	LD	747	1.8	-0.6
Duncan Royle *	Green	381	0.9	-1.3

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	The Northern Party	BNP	MRLP
2005	37.2%	45.7%	3.3%	13.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	41.8%	36.5%	4.1%	13.3%	0.0%	0.0%	3.8%	0.5%
2015	44.4%	36.0%	14.8%	2.4%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	49.4%	44.5%	3.4%	1.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
554	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	4.9%
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%
489	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	49.4%
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%
534	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	64.1%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.