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Wirral West

Shows the general election results for Wirral West, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 55,995 and a turnout of 78.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Margaret Greenwood
Majority
5,365
Electorate
55,995
Turnout
78.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 54.3%
Con 42.1%
LD 2.6%
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 (%)
Margaret Greenwood  Lab 23,866 54.3 9.2
Tony Caldeira  Con 18,501 42.1 -2.1
Peter Reisdorf  * LD 1,155 2.6 -0.8
John Coyne * Green 429 1.0 1.0
* 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 Ind CSP Oth
2005 40.3% 41.8% 16.4% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 36.3% 42.5% 16.8% 0.0% 2.3% 1.3% 0.8% 0.0%
2015 45.1% 44.2% 3.4% 0.0% 6.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.3% 42.1% 2.6% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
453 Wirral West 12.2%
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%
373 Wirral West 54.3%
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%
5 Wirral West 78.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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