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2017 general election results

Wigan

Shows the general election results for Wigan, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,359 and a turnout of 63.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Lisa Nandy
Majority
16,027
Electorate
75,359
Turnout
63.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 62.2%
Con 28.5%
UKIP 5.8%
LD 1.9%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Lisa Nandy  Lab 29,575 62.2 10.0
Alexander Williams  Con 13,548 28.5 7.8
Nathan Ryding   UKIP 2,750 5.8 -13.7
Mark Clayton * LD 916 1.9 -0.8
William Patterson  * Green 753 1.6 -1.2
* 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 UKIP LD Green Ind BNP Oth
2005 58.1% 19.0% 3.4% 16.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
2010 48.5% 24.7% 5.7% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 5.7% 0.0%
2015 52.2% 20.7% 19.5% 2.8% 2.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.2% 28.5% 5.8% 1.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
176 Wigan 33.7%
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%
142 Wigan 62.2%
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%
562 Wigan 63.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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