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Lagan Valley

Shows the general election results for Lagan Valley, which is a constituency in Banbridge. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,380 and a turnout of 62.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Majority
19,229
Electorate
72,380
Turnout
62.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
DUP 59.6%
UUP 16.8%
Alliance 11.1%
SDLP 7.5%
SF 3.5%
Con 1.0%
Ind 0.5%

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 (%)
Jeffrey M. Donaldson  DUP 26,762 59.6 11.7
Robbie Butler  UUP 7,533 16.8 1.6
Aaron McIntyre  Alliance 4,996 11.1 -2.8
Pat Catney  SDLP 3,384 7.5 1.3
Jacqui Russell * SF 1,567 3.5 0.6
Ian Nickels * Con 462 1.0 -0.6
Jonny Orr * Ind 222 0.5 -1.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year DUP UUP Alliance SDLP SF Con Ind UKIP TUV UCU Oth
2005 54.7% 21.5% 0.0% 6.1% 7.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.1%
2010 49.8% 0.0% 11.4% 5.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% 21.1% 0.0%
2015 47.9% 15.2% 13.9% 6.3% 2.9% 1.6% 1.9% 5.5% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.6% 16.8% 11.1% 7.5% 3.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
76 Lagan Valley 42.8%
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%
219 Lagan Valley 59.6%
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%
579 Lagan Valley 62.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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