South Ribble (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Seema Kennedy

Majority

7,421

Electorate

75,752

Turnout

72.4%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2017
Con	52.9%
Lab	39.3%
LD	3.8%
UKIP	2.5%
Green	0.9%
National Health Action Party	0.6%

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Seema Kennedy	Con	28,980	52.9	6.4
Julie Gibson	Lab	21,559	39.3	4.2
John Wright *	LD	2,073	3.8	-0.6
Mark Smith *	UKIP	1,387	2.5	-11.6
Andrew Wight *	Green	493	0.9	0.9
Mark Jarnell *	National Health Action Party	341	0.6	0.6

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	National Health Action Party	BNP	Oth
2005	37.0%	12.8%	46.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%
2010	45.5%	34.7%	14.1%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%
2015	46.4%	35.1%	4.4%	14.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	52.9%	39.3%	3.8%	2.5%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.