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2017 general election results

Glasgow North East

Shows the general election results for Glasgow North East, which is a constituency in Glasgow City. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 59,931 and a turnout of 53%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Paul Sweeney
Majority
242
Electorate
59,931
Turnout
53%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 42.9%
SNP 42.2%
Con 12.9%
LD 2.0%

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 (%)
Paul Sweeney  Lab 13,637 42.9 9.2
Anne McLaughlin  SNP 13,395 42.2 -15.9
Jack Wyllie  Con 4,106 12.9 8.2
Daniel Donaldson * LD 637 2.0 1.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab SNP Con LD Green CISTAP TUSC BNP SSP SLP Oth
2005 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.9% 0.0% 77.4%
2010 68.3% 14.1% 5.3% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 2.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 33.7% 58.1% 4.7% 0.8% 1.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.9% 42.2% 12.9% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 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%
622 Glasgow North East 0.8%
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%
588 Glasgow North East 42.9%
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%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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