An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wansbeck, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Ian Lavery with a majority of 10,435 - 24.6% - on a turnout of 68.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LAVERY, Ian | Lab | 24,338 | 57.3% | 7.3% |
GALLEY, Chris | Con | 13,903 | 32.7% | 11.0% |
TEBBUTT, Joan | LD | 2,015 | 4.7% | -1.5% |
HURST, Melanie | UKIP | 1,483 | 3.5% | -14.7% |
LEYLAND, Steven | Green | 715 | 1.7% | -2.1% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 62,151, having a valid vote count of 42,454 and an invalid vote count of 57.
Result declared at 05:19 on 9 June 2017.