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2017 general election results

Tynemouth

Shows the general election results for Tynemouth, which is a constituency in North East. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,434 and a turnout of 73.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Alan Campbell
Majority
11,666
Electorate
77,434
Turnout
73.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 57.0%
Con 36.5%
LD 3.0%
UKIP 2.2%
Green 1.1%
Ind 0.2%

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 (%)
Alan Campbell  Lab 32,395 57.0 8.8
Nick Varley  Con 20,729 36.5 3.6
John Appleby * LD 1,724 3.0 0.1
Stuart Houghton * UKIP 1,257 2.2 -10.0
Julia Erskine * Green 629 1.1 -2.7
Anthony Jull * Ind 124 0.2 0.2
* 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 UKIP Green Ind BNP
2005 48.3% 36.6% 15.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 45.3% 34.4% 14.9% 1.7% 1.0% 0.0% 2.7%
2015 48.2% 32.8% 3.0% 12.2% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 57.0% 36.5% 3.0% 2.2% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
359 Tynemouth 20.5%
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%
297 Tynemouth 57.0%
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%
108 Tynemouth 73.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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