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2017 general election results

Oldham West and Royton

Shows the general election results for Oldham West and Royton, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,401 and a turnout of 63.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jim McMahon
Majority
17,198
Electorate
72,401
Turnout
63.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 65.2%
Con 27.6%
UKIP 4.1%
LD 2.1%
Green 1.0%

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 (%)
Jim McMahon  Lab 29,846 65.2 10.4
Christopher Glenny  Con 12,648 27.6 8.6
Ruth Keating * UKIP 1,899 4.1 -16.5
Garth Harkness * LD 956 2.1 -1.6
Adam King * Green 439 1.0 -1.0
* 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 Respect Oth
2005 48.4% 21.1% 2.5% 21.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
2010 45.5% 23.7% 3.2% 19.1% 0.0% 7.1% 1.5% 0.0%
2015 54.8% 19.0% 20.6% 3.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 65.2% 27.6% 4.1% 2.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
132 Oldham West and Royton 37.6%
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%
78 Oldham West and Royton 65.2%
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%
556 Oldham West and Royton 63.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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