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2017 general election results

Middlesbrough

Shows the general election results for Middlesbrough, which is a constituency in Cleveland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 61,059 and a turnout of 58.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Andy McDonald
Majority
13,873
Electorate
61,059
Turnout
58.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 65.7%
Con 26.7%
UKIP 4.1%
Ind 1.8%
LD 1.0%
Green 0.7%

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 (%)
Andy McDonald  Lab 23,404 65.7 8.9
Jacob Young  Con 9,531 26.7 10.3
David Hodgson * UKIP 1,452 4.1 -14.6
Terry Lawton * Ind 632 1.8 1.8
Dawud Islam * LD 368 1.0 -2.7
Carl Martinez * Green 250 0.7 -3.6
* 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 Ind LD Green BNP Oth
2005 57.6% 16.5% 2.4% 0.0% 18.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4.8%
2010 45.9% 18.8% 3.7% 5.9% 19.9% 0.0% 5.8% 0.0%
2015 56.8% 16.5% 18.7% 0.0% 3.7% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 65.7% 26.7% 4.1% 1.8% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
117 Middlesbrough 38.9%
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%
70 Middlesbrough 65.7%
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%
632 Middlesbrough 58.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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