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2017 general election results

Heywood and Middleton

Shows the general election results for Heywood and Middleton, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 79,901 and a turnout of 62.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Liz McInnes
Majority
7,617
Electorate
79,901
Turnout
62.4%
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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 38.0%
UKIP 6.5%
LD 2.2%

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 (%)
Liz McInnes  Lab 26,578 53.3 10.2
Chris Clarkson  Con 18,961 38.0 18.9
Lee Seville  UKIP 3,239 6.5 -25.7
Bill Winlow * LD 1,087 2.2 -1.1
* 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 UKIP LD Green BNP Ind Oth
2005 48.3% 21.7% 1.9% 20.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.8%
2010 40.1% 27.2% 2.6% 22.7% 0.0% 7.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 43.1% 19.1% 32.2% 3.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.3% 38.0% 6.5% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
426 Heywood and Middleton 15.3%
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%
398 Heywood and Middleton 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%
572 Heywood and Middleton 62.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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