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Blackburn

Shows the general election results for Blackburn, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 71,234 and a turnout of 62.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
18,304
Electorate
71,234
Turnout
62.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Lab 64.9%
Con 24.0%
BRX 6.2%
LD 2.5%
Green 1.7%
Ind 0.7%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Kate Hollern  Lab 29,040 64.9 -4.8
Claire Gill  Con 10,736 24.0 -2.9
Rick Moore  BRX 2,770 6.2 6.2
Beth Waller-Slack * LD 1,130 2.5 1.0
Reza Hossain * Green 741 1.7 1.7
Rizwan Ali Shah * Ind 319 0.7 -1.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con BRX LD Green Ind UKIP BNP Oth
2005 42.1% 22.7% 0.0% 20.6% 1.9% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 10.4%
2010 47.8% 26.1% 0.0% 15.2% 0.0% 3.1% 2.1% 4.7% 0.0%
2015 56.3% 27.3% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 69.8% 26.9% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 64.9% 24.0% 6.2% 2.5% 1.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
111 Blackburn 40.9%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

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: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
68 Blackburn 64.9%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
508 Blackburn 62.8%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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