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Leeds North East

Shows the general election results for Leeds North East, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,112 and a turnout of 75.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Fabian Hamilton
Majority
16,991
Electorate
70,112
Turnout
75.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 63.1%
Con 31.0%
LD 3.7%
Green 1.3%
Yrks 0.6%
AGS 0.2%
CPA 0.1%

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 (%)
Fabian Hamilton  Lab 33,436 63.1 15.2
Ryan Stephenson  Con 16,445 31.0 -1.9
Jon Hannah * LD 1,952 3.7 -1.6
Ann Forsaith * Green 680 1.3 -4.0
Tess Seddon * Yrks 303 0.6 0.6
Celia Foote * AGS 116 0.2 -0.7
Tim Mutamiri * CPA 67 0.1 0.1
* 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 LD Green Yrks AGS CPA UKIP BNP Oth
2005 45.7% 30.2% 21.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
2010 42.7% 33.1% 19.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 1.8% 1.6% 0.0%
2015 47.9% 32.9% 5.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 63.1% 31.0% 3.7% 1.3% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
202 Leeds North East 32.1%
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%
118 Leeds North East 63.1%
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%
48 Leeds North East 75.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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