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Leeds North West

Shows the general election results for Leeds North West, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,152 and a turnout of 67.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Alex Sobel
Majority
4,224
Electorate
68,152
Turnout
67.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 44.1%
LD 35.0%
Con 19.7%
Green 1.3%

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 (%)
Alex Sobel  Lab 20,416 44.1 14.0
Greg Mulholland  LD 16,192 35.0 -1.8
Alan Lamb  Con 9,097 19.7 1.0
Martin Hemingway * Green 582 1.3 -5.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab LD Con Green UKIP Yorkshire First Green Soc The Above and Beyond Party BNP Eng Dem Oth
2005 31.9% 36.9% 26.8% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7%
2010 21.0% 47.5% 26.6% 1.2% 1.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 1.8% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 30.1% 36.8% 18.6% 7.0% 6.9% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 44.1% 35.0% 19.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
492 Leeds North West 9.1%
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%
579 Leeds North West 44.1%
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%
377 Leeds North West 67.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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