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2017 general election results

Jarrow

Shows the general election results for Jarrow, which is a constituency in North East. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,778 and a turnout of 66.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Stephen Hepburn
Majority
17,263
Electorate
64,778
Turnout
66.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 65.1%
Con 25.0%
UKIP 5.4%
LD 2.7%
Green 1.7%

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 (%)
Stephen Hepburn  Lab 28,020 65.1 9.5
Robin Gwynn  Con 10,757 25.0 7.9
James Askwith  UKIP 2,338 5.4 -14.2
Peter Maughan * LD 1,163 2.7 -0.5
David Herbert * Green 745 1.7 -1.7
* 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 TUSC BNP Oth
2005 58.8% 12.8% 4.7% 22.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 53.9% 20.6% 0.0% 18.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0% 0.0%
2015 55.7% 17.1% 19.7% 3.2% 3.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 65.1% 25.0% 5.4% 2.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
105 Jarrow 40.1%
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%
82 Jarrow 65.1%
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%
452 Jarrow 66.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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