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2017 general election results

Manchester, Withington

Shows the general election results for Manchester, Withington, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,654 and a turnout of 71.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jeff Smith
Majority
29,875
Electorate
74,654
Turnout
71.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 71.7%
LD 15.9%
Con 10.3%
Green 1.6%
WEP 0.4%

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 (%)
Jeff Smith  Lab 38,424 71.7 18.0
John Leech  LD 8,549 15.9 -8.0
Sarah Heald  Con 5,530 10.3 0.6
Laura Bannister * Green 865 1.6 -6.5
Sally Carr * WEP 234 0.4 0.4
* 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 WEP UKIP Ind Oth
2005 40.9% 42.3% 10.4% 4.2% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 1.2%
2010 40.5% 44.7% 11.1% 1.8% 0.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 53.7% 24.0% 9.8% 8.1% 0.0% 4.3% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 71.7% 15.9% 10.3% 1.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
25 Manchester, Withington 55.7%
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%
29 Manchester, Withington 71.7%
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%
189 Manchester, Withington 71.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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