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Scunthorpe

Shows the general election results for Scunthorpe, which is a constituency in Humberside. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 61,578 and a turnout of 65.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Nic Dakin
Majority
3,431
Electorate
61,578
Turnout
65.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 52.0%
Con 43.5%
UKIP 3.1%
LD 1.4%

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 (%)
Nic Dakin  Lab 20,916 52.0 10.4
Holly Mumby-Croft  Con 17,485 43.5 10.3
Andy Talliss * UKIP 1,247 3.1 -14.0
Ryk Downes * LD 554 1.4 -0.7
* 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 Ind Green BNP Oth
2005 69.6% 9.8% 3.0% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.6%
2010 39.5% 32.6% 4.6% 18.3% 0.0% 1.1% 3.9% 0.0%
2015 41.7% 33.2% 17.1% 2.1% 3.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.0% 43.5% 3.1% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
501 Scunthorpe 8.5%
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%
431 Scunthorpe 52.0%
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%
487 Scunthorpe 65.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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