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2017 general election results

Carlisle

Shows the general election results for Carlisle, which is a constituency in Cumbria. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 62,294 and a turnout of 69.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
John Stevenson
Majority
2,599
Electorate
62,294
Turnout
69.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 49.9%
Lab 43.8%
UKIP 3.4%
LD 2.9%

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 (%)
John Stevenson  Con 21,472 49.9 5.6
Ruth Alcroft  Lab 18,873 43.8 6.0
Fiona Mills * UKIP 1,455 3.4 -9.0
Peter Thornton * LD 1,256 2.9 0.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab UKIP LD Green Ind BNP TUSC Oth
2005 33.4% 46.8% 2.3% 16.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 39.3% 37.3% 2.3% 15.6% 1.5% 0.6% 2.6% 0.9% 0.0%
2015 44.3% 37.8% 12.4% 2.6% 2.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 49.9% 43.8% 3.4% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
540 Carlisle 6.0%
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%
480 Carlisle 49.9%
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%
321 Carlisle 69.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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