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North Durham

Shows the general election results for North Durham, which is a constituency in County Durham. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,970 and a turnout of 64.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Kevan Jones
Majority
12,939
Electorate
66,970
Turnout
64.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 59.9%
Con 30.0%
UKIP 5.6%
LD 4.6%

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 (%)
Kevan Jones  Lab 25,917 59.9 5.0
Laetitia Glossop  Con 12,978 30.0 9.1
Kenneth Rollings  UKIP 2,408 5.6 -10.4
Craig Martin * LD 1,981 4.6 -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 UKIP LD Green BNP Oth
2005 53.9% 16.4% 0.0% 19.9% 0.0% 0.0% 9.8%
2010 50.5% 21.0% 3.3% 21.0% 0.0% 4.1% 0.0%
2015 54.9% 20.9% 16.0% 5.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.9% 30.0% 5.6% 4.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
233 North Durham 29.9%
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%
211 North Durham 59.9%
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%
517 North Durham 64.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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