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Makerfield

Shows the general election results for Makerfield, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,259 and a turnout of 63.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Yvonne Fovargue
Majority
13,542
Electorate
74,259
Turnout
63.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 60.2%
Con 31.3%
Ind 5.7%
LD 2.8%

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 (%)
Yvonne Fovargue  Lab 28,245 60.2 8.4
Adam Carney  Con 14,703 31.3 11.8
Bob Brierley  Ind 2,663 5.7 5.7
John Skipworth * LD 1,322 2.8 -0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con Ind LD UKIP Green BNP Oth
2005 62.1% 13.6% 0.0% 11.4% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 10.8%
2010 47.3% 18.8% 7.8% 16.2% 0.0% 0.0% 7.4% 0.0%
2015 51.8% 19.5% 0.0% 3.7% 22.4% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 60.2% 31.3% 5.7% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
257 Makerfield 28.9%
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%
200 Makerfield 60.2%
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%
559 Makerfield 63.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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