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2017 general election results

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Shows the general election results for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, which is a constituency in North East. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 55,368 and a turnout of 67%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Chi Onwurah
Majority
14,937
Electorate
55,368
Turnout
67%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 64.9%
Con 24.6%
LD 4.9%
UKIP 4.0%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Chi Onwurah  Lab 24,071 64.9 9.9
Steve Kyte  Con 9,134 24.6 5.7
Nick Cott * LD 1,812 4.9 -1.4
David Muat * UKIP 1,482 4.0 -10.9
Peter Thomson * Green 595 1.6 -3.3
* 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 LD UKIP Green BNP Oth
2005 50.6% 16.6% 27.5% 0.0% 3.9% 0.0% 1.5%
2010 45.9% 19.4% 24.1% 2.2% 1.7% 6.7% 0.0%
2015 55.0% 18.9% 6.3% 14.9% 4.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 64.9% 24.6% 4.9% 4.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
102 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 40.3%
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%
86 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 64.9%
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%
426 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 67.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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