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Wirral South

Shows the general election results for Wirral South, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 57,670 and a turnout of 78.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Alison McGovern
Majority
8,323
Electorate
57,670
Turnout
78.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 57.2%
Con 38.8%
LD 2.9%
Green 1.0%

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 (%)
Alison McGovern  Lab 25,871 57.2 9.0
Adam Sykes  Con 17,548 38.8 1.6
Chris Carubia * LD 1,322 2.9 -0.6
Mandi Roberts  * Green 454 1.0 -1.1
* 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 Green UKIP Oth
2005 42.5% 33.2% 21.6% 0.0% 1.6% 1.2%
2010 40.8% 39.5% 16.6% 0.0% 3.2% 0.0%
2015 48.2% 37.2% 3.5% 2.1% 8.9% 0.0%
2017 57.2% 38.8% 2.9% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
388 Wirral South 18.4%
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%
289 Wirral South 57.2%
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%
6 Wirral South 78.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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