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Scarborough and Whitby

Shows the general election results for Scarborough and Whitby, which is a constituency in North Yorkshire. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 74,404 and a turnout of 66.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
10,270
Electorate
74,404
Turnout
66.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 55.5%
Lab 34.8%
LD 6.1%
The Yorkshire Party 3.6%

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 (%)
Robert Goodwill  Con 27,593 55.5 7.1
Hugo Fearnley  Lab 17,323 34.8 -6.7
Robert Lockwood  LD 3,038 6.1 3.4
Lee Derrick * The Yorkshire Party 1,770 3.6 2.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD The Yorkshire Party UKIP Green Ind Green Soc BNP Oth
2005 51.4% 21.2% 22.2% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2%
2010 42.8% 26.3% 22.5% 0.0% 3.0% 1.5% 0.7% 0.2% 2.9% 0.0%
2015 43.2% 30.2% 4.5% 0.0% 17.1% 4.6% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 48.4% 41.6% 2.7% 0.7% 3.3% 1.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 55.5% 34.8% 6.1% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
362 Scarborough and Whitby 20.7%
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%
277 Scarborough and Whitby 55.5%
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%
358 Scarborough and Whitby 66.8%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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