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Houghton and Sunderland South

Shows the general election results for Houghton and Sunderland South, which is a constituency in North East. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,123 and a turnout of 60.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Bridget Phillipson
Majority
12,341
Electorate
68,123
Turnout
60.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 59.5%
Con 29.7%
UKIP 5.7%
LD 2.2%
Green 1.7%
Ind 1.2%

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 (%)
Bridget Phillipson  Lab 24,665 59.5 4.3
Paul Howell  Con 12,324 29.7 11.3
Michael Joyce  UKIP 2,379 5.7 -15.8
Paul Edgeworth * LD 908 2.2 0.1
Richard Bradley * Green 725 1.7 -1.1
Mick Watson * Ind 479 1.2 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 Con UKIP LD Green Ind BNP Oth
2005 62.0% 16.2% 0.0% 14.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.2%
2010 50.3% 21.4% 2.7% 13.9% 0.0% 6.5% 5.2% 0.0%
2015 55.1% 18.5% 21.5% 2.1% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.5% 29.7% 5.7% 2.2% 1.7% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
236 Houghton and Sunderland South 29.8%
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%
224 Houghton and Sunderland South 59.5%
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%
603 Houghton and Sunderland South 60.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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