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City of Durham

Shows the general election results for City of Durham, which is a constituency in County Durham. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,132 and a turnout of 67.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Roberta Blackman-Woods
Majority
12,364
Electorate
71,132
Turnout
67.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 55.4%
Con 29.8%
LD 9.9%
UKIP 2.3%
Green 1.6%
Ind 0.8%
Young People's Party 0.1%

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 (%)
Roberta Blackman-Woods  Lab 26,772 55.4 8.1
Richard Lawrie  Con 14,408 29.8 7.6
Amanda Hopgood  LD 4,787 9.9 -1.4
Malcolm Bint * UKIP 1,116 2.3 -9.1
Jonathan Elmer * Green 797 1.6 -4.2
Jim Clark * Ind 399 0.8 -0.6
Jon Collings * Young People's Party 45 0.1 0.1
* 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 UKIP Green Ind Young People's Party BNP
2005 64.1% 16.8% 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 44.3% 13.3% 37.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 2.5%
2015 47.3% 22.2% 11.3% 11.5% 5.9% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.4% 29.8% 9.9% 2.3% 1.6% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
299 City of Durham 25.6%
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%
339 City of Durham 55.4%
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%
376 City of Durham 67.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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