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Leeds East

Shows the general election results for Leeds East, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,950 and a turnout of 62.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Richard Burgon
Majority
12,752
Electorate
65,950
Turnout
62.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 61.4%
Con 30.6%
UKIP 4.2%
LD 1.8%
Green 1.0%
The Yorkshire Party 1.0%

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 (%)
Richard Burgon  Lab 25,428 61.4 7.6
Matthew Robinson  Con 12,676 30.6 9.7
Paul Spivey * UKIP 1,742 4.2 -14.8
Ed Sanderson * LD 739 1.8 -1.6
Jaimes Moran * Green 434 1.0 -1.9
John Otley * The Yorkshire Party 422 1.0 1.0
* 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 The Yorkshire Party BNP Green Soc Oth
2005 59.8% 21.6% 0.0% 17.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2010 50.4% 23.2% 0.0% 17.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.8% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 53.7% 20.9% 19.0% 3.4% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 61.4% 30.6% 4.2% 1.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
218 Leeds East 30.8%
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%
163 Leeds East 61.4%
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%
568 Leeds East 62.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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