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2017 general election results

Bury South

Shows the general election results for Bury South, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,715 and a turnout of 69.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Ivan Lewis
Majority
5,965
Electorate
73,715
Turnout
69.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 53.3%
Con 41.6%
UKIP 2.6%
LD 2.1%
Ind 0.5%

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 (%)
Ivan Lewis  Lab 27,165 53.3 8.2
Robert Largan  Con 21,200 41.6 6.9
Ian Henderson * UKIP 1,316 2.6 -10.8
Andrew Page * LD 1,065 2.1 -1.5
Peter Wright * Ind 244 0.5 0.5
* 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 Ind Green Eng Dem BNP Oth
2005 50.9% 28.1% 2.6% 17.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2010 40.4% 33.6% 2.1% 18.2% 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 3.6% 0.0%
2015 45.1% 34.6% 13.3% 3.6% 0.0% 3.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.3% 41.6% 2.6% 2.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
458 Bury South 11.7%
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%
400 Bury South 53.3%
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%
317 Bury South 69.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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