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Easington

Shows the general election results for Easington, which is a constituency in County Durham. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 62,385 and a turnout of 58.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Grahame Morris
Majority
14,892
Electorate
62,385
Turnout
58.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 63.7%
Con 22.7%
NEP 6.5%
UKIP 4.7%
LD 1.3%
Green 1.1%

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 (%)
Grahame Morris  Lab 23,152 63.7 2.6
Barney Campbell  Con 8,260 22.7 9.8
Susan McDonnell  NEP 2,355 6.5 4.1
Allyn Roberts * UKIP 1,727 4.7 -14.0
Tom Hancock * LD 460 1.3 -1.1
Martie Warin * Green 410 1.1 -1.0
* 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 NEP UKIP LD Green The Socialist Party of Great Britain BNP Oth
2005 71.3% 10.7% 0.0% 0.0% 12.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1%
2010 58.9% 13.7% 0.0% 4.7% 16.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.6% 0.0%
2015 61.0% 12.9% 2.3% 18.7% 2.4% 2.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 63.7% 22.7% 6.5% 4.7% 1.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
99 Easington 41.0%
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%
108 Easington 63.7%
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%
633 Easington 58.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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