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2017 general election results

Workington

Shows the general election results for Workington, which is a constituency in Cumbria. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 60,265 and a turnout of 69.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Sue Hayman
Majority
3,925
Electorate
60,265
Turnout
69.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 51.1%
Con 41.7%
UKIP 3.7%
LD 2.7%
Ind 0.7%

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 (%)
Sue Hayman  Lab 21,317 51.1 8.8
Clark Vasey   Con 17,392 41.7 11.6
George Kemp * UKIP 1,556 3.7 -15.9
Phill Roberts * LD 1,133 2.7 -1.7
Roy Ivinson * Ind 278 0.7 0.2
* 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 Ind Green BNP ED Oth
2005 52.0% 29.0% 3.5% 14.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 45.5% 33.9% 2.2% 13.5% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 42.3% 30.1% 19.6% 4.4% 0.5% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 51.1% 41.7% 3.7% 2.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
487 Workington 9.4%
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%
449 Workington 51.1%
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%
318 Workington 69.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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