Election for the constituency of City Of Durham on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of City Of Durham, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Roberta Blackman-Woods with a majority of 12,364 - 25.6% - on a turnout of 67.9%.

An electorate of 71,132, having a valid vote count of 48,324 and an invalid vote count of 86.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BLACKMAN-WOODS, Roberta Lab 26,772 55.4% 8.1%
LAWRIE, Richard Con 14,408 29.8% 7.6%
HOPGOOD, Amanda LD 4,787 9.9% -1.4%
BINT, Malcolm UKIP 1,116 2.3% -9.1%
ELMER, Jonathan Green 797 1.6% -4.2%
CLARK, Jim Ind 399 0.8% -
COLLINGS, Jon YPP 45 0.1% -

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 02:55 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.