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Sefton Central

Shows the general election results for Sefton Central, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 69,019 and a turnout of 75.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Bill Esterson
Majority
15,618
Electorate
69,019
Turnout
75.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 63.0%
Con 33.0%
LD 2.7%
Green 1.3%

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 (%)
Bill Esterson  Lab 32,830 63.0 9.3
Jade Marsden  Con 17,212 33.0 3.4
Daniel Lewis * LD 1,381 2.7 -1.6
Mike Carter * Green 656 1.3 -1.2
* 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 Green UKIP Oth
2005 17.8% 30.2% 46.4% 2.6% 1.4% 1.8%
2010 41.9% 33.9% 19.9% 0.0% 4.2% 0.0%
2015 53.8% 29.6% 4.3% 2.4% 10.0% 0.0%
2017 63.0% 33.0% 2.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
230 Sefton Central 30.0%
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%
119 Sefton Central 63.0%
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%
49 Sefton Central 75.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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