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West Ham

Shows the general election results for West Ham, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 92,418 and a turnout of 65.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Lyn Brown
Majority
36,754
Electorate
92,418
Turnout
65.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 76.7%
Con 16.2%
LD 3.0%
UKIP 1.9%
Green 1.6%
CPA 0.6%

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 (%)
Lyn Brown  Lab 46,591 76.7 8.3
Patrick Spencer  Con 9,837 16.2 0.8
Paul Reynolds * LD 1,836 3.0 0.3
Rosamund Beattie * UKIP 1,134 1.9 -5.6
Michael Spracklin * Green 957 1.6 -3.4
Kayode Shedowo * CPA 353 0.6 -0.1
* 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 CPA Communities United Party Ind NF Oth
2005 51.7% 12.1% 10.2% 1.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 22.0%
2010 62.7% 14.7% 11.5% 1.6% 1.4% 2.8% 0.0% 2.7% 2.3% 0.0%
2015 68.4% 15.4% 2.7% 7.5% 5.0% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 76.7% 16.2% 3.0% 1.9% 1.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
19 West Ham 60.5%
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%
19 West Ham 76.7%
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%
477 West Ham 65.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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