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2017 general election results

North West Durham

Shows the general election results for North West Durham, which is a constituency in County Durham. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,918 and a turnout of 66.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Laura Pidcock
Majority
8,792
Electorate
71,918
Turnout
66.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 52.8%
Con 34.5%
LD 7.1%
UKIP 4.5%
Green 1.1%

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 (%)
Laura Pidcock  Lab 25,308 52.8 6.0
Sally-Ann Hart  Con 16,516 34.5 11.1
Owen Temple  LD 3,398 7.1 -2.0
Alan Breeze * UKIP 2,150 4.5 -12.5
Dominic Horsman * Green 530 1.1 -2.6
* 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 BNP Oth
2005 47.2% 9.4% 39.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.6%
2010 42.3% 20.0% 24.9% 2.9% 0.0% 5.6% 4.2% 0.0%
2015 46.9% 23.4% 9.1% 17.0% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.8% 34.5% 7.1% 4.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
391 North West Durham 18.4%
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%
412 North West Durham 52.8%
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%
443 North West Durham 66.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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