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Rossendale and Darwen

Shows the general election results for Rossendale and Darwen, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,486 and a turnout of 69.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Jake Berry
Majority
3,216
Electorate
72,486
Turnout
69.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 50.8%
Lab 44.4%
LD 3.1%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Jake Berry  Con 25,499 50.8 4.2
Alyson Barnes  Lab 22,283 44.4 9.4
Sean Bonner * LD 1,550 3.1 1.4
John Payne * Green 824 1.6 -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 Con Lab LD Green UKIP Ind TUSC NorP NF ED Impact Oth
2005 34.6% 43.0% 14.9% 1.9% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.9%
2010 41.8% 32.2% 18.1% 0.0% 3.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 46.6% 35.1% 1.6% 2.1% 14.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.8% 44.4% 3.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 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%
534 Rossendale and Darwen 6.4%
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%
456 Rossendale and Darwen 50.8%
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%
315 Rossendale and Darwen 69.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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