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2017 general election results

St Helens South and Whiston

Shows the general election results for St Helens South and Whiston, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 79,036 and a turnout of 66.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Marie Rimmer
Majority
24,343
Electorate
79,036
Turnout
66.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 67.8%
Con 21.8%
LD 4.0%
UKIP 3.7%
Green 2.7%

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 (%)
Marie Rimmer  Lab 35,879 67.8 8.0
Ed McRandal  Con 11,536 21.8 5.9
Brian Spencer * LD 2,101 4.0 -1.7
Mark Hitchen * UKIP 1,953 3.7 -10.3
Jess Northey * Green 1,417 2.7 -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 Lab Con LD UKIP Green BNP
2005 52.0% 26.8% 17.0% 4.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 52.9% 17.8% 22.2% 2.7% 0.0% 4.4%
2015 59.8% 15.9% 5.7% 14.0% 4.6% 0.0%
2017 67.8% 21.8% 4.0% 3.7% 2.7% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
59 St Helens South and Whiston 46.0%
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%
51 St Helens South and Whiston 67.8%
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%
429 St Helens South and Whiston 66.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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