Newcastle upon Tyne North (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Hold

Catherine McKinnell

Majority

10,349

Electorate

66,073

Turnout

73.1%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2017
Lab	55.4%
Con	33.9%
LD	5.2%
UKIP	3.7%
Green	1.1%
North of England Community Alliance	0.7%

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Catherine McKinnell	Lab	26,729	55.4	9.3
Duncan Crute	Con	16,380	33.9	10.5
Anita Lower	LD	2,533	5.2	-4.5
Timothy Marron *	UKIP	1,780	3.7	-12.9
Alison Whalley *	Green	513	1.1	-2.3
Brian Moore *	North of England Community Alliance	353	0.7	0.7

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	LD	UKIP	Green	North of England Community Alliance	NEP	BNP	Oth
2005	49.8%	14.7%	33.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.4%
2010	40.8%	18.1%	33.1%	2.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	4.3%	0.0%
2015	46.1%	23.5%	9.7%	16.6%	3.4%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	55.4%	33.9%	5.2%	3.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.