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Portsmouth North

Shows the general election results for Portsmouth North, which is a constituency in Hampshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,374 and a turnout of 66.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Penny Mordaunt
Majority
9,965
Electorate
71,374
Turnout
66.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.8%
Lab 33.7%
LD 5.5%
UKIP 4.1%
Green 1.7%
Libertaria 0.3%

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 (%)
Penny Mordaunt  Con 25,860 54.8 7.8
Rumal Khan  Lab 15,895 33.7 9.9
Darren Sanders  LD 2,608 5.5 -0.7
Mike Fitzgerald * UKIP 1,926 4.1 -15.0
Ken Hawkins * Green 791 1.7 -1.5
Joe Jenkins * Libertaria 130 0.3 0.3
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD UKIP Green Libertaria TUSC JACP Eng Dem
2005 37.8% 38.5% 20.3% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 44.3% 27.8% 20.1% 4.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 2.4%
2015 47.0% 23.8% 6.2% 19.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 54.8% 33.7% 5.5% 4.1% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
355 Portsmouth North 21.1%
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%
357 Portsmouth North 54.8%
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%
460 Portsmouth North 66.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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