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2017 general election results

Bolton South East

Shows the general election results for Bolton South East, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,886 and a turnout of 61.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Yasmin Qureshi
Majority
13,126
Electorate
68,886
Turnout
61.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 60.7%
Con 29.7%
UKIP 6.6%
LD 1.8%
Green 1.3%

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 (%)
Yasmin Qureshi  Lab 25,676 60.7 10.2
Sarah Pochin  Con 12,550 29.7 9.3
Jeff Armstrong  UKIP 2,779 6.6 -17.1
Frank Harasiwka * LD 781 1.8 -0.8
Alan Johnson * Green 537 1.3 -1.7
* 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 UKIP LD Green BNP CPA Oth
2005 55.7% 22.7% 2.5% 18.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2010 47.4% 25.6% 3.9% 15.9% 1.6% 5.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 50.5% 20.3% 23.6% 2.6% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 60.7% 29.7% 6.6% 1.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
216 Bolton South East 31.0%
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%
185 Bolton South East 60.7%
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%
592 Bolton South East 61.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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