Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Hold

Yvette Cooper

Majority

14,499

Electorate

81,641

Turnout

60.3%

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 (%)
Yvette Cooper	Lab	29,268	59.5	4.6
Andrew Lee	Con	14,769	30.0	9.2
Lewis Thompson	UKIP	3,030	6.2	-15.2
Daniel Gascoigne *	The Yorkshire Party	1,431	2.9	2.9
Clarke Roberts *	LD	693	1.4	-1.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	UKIP	The Yorkshire Party	LD	BNP	Ind	Oth
2005	65.3%	16.6%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	6.9%
2010	48.2%	24.5%	0.0%	0.0%	16.4%	8.4%	2.6%	0.0%
2015	54.9%	20.8%	21.3%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	59.5%	30.0%	6.2%	2.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
243	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	29.5%
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%
222	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	59.5%
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%
612	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	60.3%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.