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Salford and Eccles

Shows the general election results for Salford and Eccles, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,080 and a turnout of 61%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Rebecca Long Bailey
Majority
19,132
Electorate
78,080
Turnout
61%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 65.5%
Con 25.3%
UKIP 4.9%
LD 2.7%
Green 1.7%

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 (%)
Rebecca Long Bailey  Lab 31,168 65.5 16.1
Jason Sugarman  Con 12,036 25.3 4.9
Christopher Barnes * UKIP 2,320 4.9 -13.2
John Reid * LD 1,286 2.7 -1.0
Wendy Olsen * Green 809 1.7 -3.5
* 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 UKIP LD Green We Are The Reality Party TUSC Pirate BNP Eng Dem Ind Oth
2005 45.6% 33.6% 0.7% 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 40.1% 20.5% 2.6% 26.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 6.3% 1.5% 0.9% 0.0%
2015 49.4% 20.4% 18.0% 3.7% 5.2% 1.6% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 65.5% 25.3% 4.9% 2.7% 1.7% 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%
103 Salford and Eccles 40.2%
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%
72 Salford and Eccles 65.5%
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%
599 Salford and Eccles 61.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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