Lancaster and Fleetwood (Constituency) 2019 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

LAB

Labour Hold

Cat Smith

Majority

2,380

Electorate

70,059

Turnout

64.5%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Cat Smith	Lab	21,184	46.8	-8.3
Louise Thistlethwaite	Con	18,804	41.6	1.0
Peter Jackson *	LD	2,018	4.5	1.9
Leanne Murray *	BXT	1,817	4.0	4.0
Caroline Jackson *	Green	1,396	3.1	1.4

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	LD	BXT	Green	UKIP	Ind	BNP
2005	42.4%	33.6%	15.6%	0.0%	5.9%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	35.3%	36.1%	19.1%	0.0%	4.4%	2.4%	0.5%	2.2%
2015	42.3%	39.2%	3.3%	0.0%	5.0%	9.7%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	55.1%	40.6%	2.5%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	46.8%	41.6%	4.5%	4.0%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.