Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Hold

Emma Hardy

Majority

8,025

Electorate

60,181

Turnout

57.4%

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 (%)
Emma Hardy	Lab	18,342	53.1	3.9
Christine Mackay	Con	10,317	29.8	12.4
Claire Thomas	LD	2,210	6.4	-3.6
Michelle Dewberry	Ind	1,898	5.5	5.5
Gary Shores *	UKIP	1,399	4.0	-15.8
Mike Lammiman *	Green	332	1.0	-2.0
Will Taylor *	Libertaria	67	0.2	0.2

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	LD	Ind	UKIP	Green	Libertaria	TUSC	BNP	Eng Dem	Oth
2005	55.1%	20.7%	21.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.2%
2010	42.5%	20.2%	24.2%	0.0%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	4.5%	2.8%	0.0%
2015	49.2%	17.5%	10.0%	0.0%	19.9%	3.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	53.1%	29.8%	6.4%	5.5%	4.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
332	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	23.2%
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%
405	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	53.1%
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%
637	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	57.4%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.