Houghton and Sunderland South (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

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%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

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%

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.

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.

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.