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Rochdale

Shows the general election results for Rochdale, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,064 and a turnout of 64.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Tony Lloyd
Majority
14,819
Electorate
78,064
Turnout
64.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 58.0%
Con 28.4%
LD 8.0%
UKIP 3.3%
Ind 1.8%
GMHV 0.5%

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 (%)
Tony Lloyd  Lab 29,035 58.0 11.9
Jane Howard  Con 14,216 28.4 11.4
Andy Kelly  LD 4,027 8.0 -2.2
Christopher Baksa * UKIP 1,641 3.3 -15.5
Simon Danczuk * Ind 883 1.8 1.8
Andy Littlewood * GMHV 242 0.5 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 LD UKIP Ind GMHV RFP Green NF IZB Oth
2005 40.9% 10.5% 40.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.8%
2010 36.4% 18.1% 34.4% 4.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.9% 1.2% 0.0%
2015 46.1% 17.0% 10.3% 18.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 3.0% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 58.0% 28.4% 8.0% 3.3% 1.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
240 Rochdale 29.6%
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%
266 Rochdale 58.0%
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%
535 Rochdale 64.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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