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Shipley

Shows the general election results for Shipley, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,133 and a turnout of 73%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Philip Davies
Majority
4,681
Electorate
73,133
Turnout
73%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 51.3%
Lab 42.6%
LD 4.1%
WEP 1.9%

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 (%)
Philip Davies  Con 27,417 51.3 1.4
Steve Clapcote  Lab 22,736 42.6 11.6
Caroline Jones * LD 2,202 4.1 0.3
Sophie Walker * WEP 1,040 1.9 1.9
* 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 WEP UKIP Green Yorkshire First
2005 50.6% 26.4% 18.1% 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 48.6% 28.4% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0%
2015 50.0% 31.0% 3.9% 0.0% 8.9% 5.3% 1.1%
2017 51.3% 42.6% 4.1% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
499 Shipley 8.8%
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%
447 Shipley 51.3%
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%
134 Shipley 73.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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