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West Lancashire

Shows the general election results for West Lancashire, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 73,347 and a turnout of 71.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
8,336
Electorate
73,347
Turnout
71.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Lab 52.1%
Con 36.3%
LD 4.9%
BRX 4.3%
Green 2.4%

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 (%)
Rosie Cooper  Lab 27,458 52.1 -6.8
Jack Gilmore  Con 19,122 36.3 -1.1
Simon Thomson * LD 2,560 4.9 2.9
Marc Stanton * BRX 2,275 4.3 4.3
John Puddifer * Green 1,248 2.4 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 LD BRX Green WVP UKIP C28 Oth
2005 48.1% 34.0% 14.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 1.9%
2010 45.1% 36.2% 13.6% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 3.7% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 49.3% 32.4% 2.6% 0.0% 3.2% 0.3% 12.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.9% 37.4% 2.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 52.1% 36.3% 4.9% 4.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
427 West Lancashire 15.8%
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%
367 West Lancashire 52.1%
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%
152 West Lancashire 71.8%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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