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Newcastle-under-Lyme

Shows the general election results for Newcastle-under-Lyme, which is a constituency in Staffordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,596 and a turnout of 66.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Paul Farrelly
Majority
30
Electorate
65,596
Turnout
66.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 48.2%
Con 48.1%
LD 3.7%

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 (%)
Paul Farrelly  Lab 21,124 48.2 9.8
Owen Meredith  Con 21,094 48.1 11.2
Nigel Jones * LD 1,624 3.7 -0.5
* 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 Ind Oth
2005 45.4% 25.0% 18.9% 3.6% 2.3% 0.0% 4.8%
2010 38.0% 34.4% 19.6% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 38.4% 36.9% 4.2% 16.9% 2.9% 0.7% 0.0%
2017 48.2% 48.1% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
645 Newcastle-under-Lyme 0.1%
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.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
514 Newcastle-under-Lyme 48.2%
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%
433 Newcastle-under-Lyme 66.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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