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Newcastle upon Tyne East

Shows the general election results for Newcastle upon Tyne East, which is a constituency in North East. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 61,989 and a turnout of 67.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Nicholas Brown
Majority
19,261
Electorate
61,989
Turnout
67.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 67.6%
Con 21.3%
LD 6.2%
UKIP 3.2%
Green 1.8%

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 (%)
Nicholas Brown  Lab 28,127 67.6 18.1
Simon Kitchen  Con 8,866 21.3 3.7
Wendy Taylor  LD 2,574 6.2 -4.9
Tony Sanderson * UKIP 1,315 3.2 -9.4
Alistair Ford * Green 755 1.8 -6.9
* 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 TUSC Comm BNP Oth
2005 52.8% 13.0% 31.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
2010 45.0% 16.0% 33.3% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.5% 3.5% 0.0%
2015 49.4% 17.6% 11.0% 12.5% 8.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 67.6% 21.3% 6.2% 3.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
57 Newcastle upon Tyne East 46.3%
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%
53 Newcastle upon Tyne East 67.6%
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%
416 Newcastle upon Tyne East 67.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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