Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Gain

Simon Clarke

Majority

1,020

Electorate

72,336

Turnout

65.8%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Simon Clarke	Con	23,643	49.6	12.6
Tracy Harvey	Lab	22,623	47.5	5.5
Chris Foote-Wood *	LD	1,354	2.8	-0.6

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	BNP	Ind	Oth
2005	31.8%	50.3%	13.8%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%
2010	35.6%	39.2%	15.9%	4.1%	0.0%	3.4%	1.8%	0.0%
2015	37.1%	42.0%	3.4%	15.2%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	49.6%	47.5%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
597	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	2.1%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
484	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	49.6%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
471	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	65.8%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.