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Blyth Valley

Shows the general election results for Blyth Valley, which is a constituency in Northumberland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 63,415 and a turnout of 67%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Ronnie Campbell
Majority
7,915
Electorate
63,415
Turnout
67%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 55.9%
Con 37.3%
LD 4.6%
Green 2.2%

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 (%)
Ronnie Campbell  Lab 23,770 55.9 9.6
Ian Levy  Con 15,855 37.3 15.6
Jeff Reid * LD 1,947 4.6 -1.3
Dawn Furness * Green 918 2.2 -1.6
* 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 Ind Eng Dem
2005 55.0% 13.9% 31.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 44.5% 16.6% 27.2% 0.0% 4.3% 4.4% 2.1% 0.8%
2015 46.3% 21.7% 5.9% 3.8% 22.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.9% 37.3% 4.6% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
386 Blyth Valley 18.6%
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%
323 Blyth Valley 55.9%
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%
425 Blyth Valley 67.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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