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The Costs of the 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election

June 2018

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Foreword ............................................................................ 4Summary ............................................................................ 5Key Facts ............................................................................ 6

Introduction ....................................................................... 8About the elections .............................................................. 8

About this report .................................................................. 8

Other information about the elections ................................. 9

Sources of funding ............................................................ 10

How are elections funded? ............................................. 10The legislative framework .................................................. 11

Administration of the funding ............................................. 11

What did the elections cost? .......................................... 16Returning Officers’ expenses ............................................ 16

Returning Officers’ services .............................................. 21

Centrally funded expenditure ............................................ 22

Other election related expenditure .................................. 222

Appendix A: Summary Data ........................................... 25Financial summary ............................................................ 25

Allocated and actual costs ................................................. 26

Average costs per elector/vote/unit ................................. 277

Appendix B: Returning Officers’ Data ......................... 299

Contents

3 | The Costs of the 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election

Chloe Smith MP Minister for the Constitution

Lord Duncan of Springbank Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Rt Hon David Mundell MP Secretary of State for Scotland

Foreword | 4

This report continues the UK Government’s commitment to publishing in detail the costs incurred in the delivery of national elections.

Transparency and accountability are vital to ensuring a healthy democracy. The purpose of this report is to provide taxpayers with a detailed breakdown of how their money was spent in the delivery of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election. We are also publishing the accompanying dataset should anyone wish to carry out any further analysis of the expenditure.

In publishing these data we hope to facilitate greater sharing of best practice between Returning Officers to encourage the efficient and effective delivery of elections. It is crucial that our elections are funded properly so that they can be run fairly and securely to deliver accurate and trusted results. We must also seek to ensure that public money is spent in as cost effective a manner as possible.

These elections were run on the maximum recoverable amount (MRA) funding model which has resulted in a considerable improvement in the accuracy of our funding allocations since it was introduced in 2014. The actual expenditure as a percentage of the overall allocated funding reflects this improvement.

We continue to develop the MRA funding model using feedback and examples

received from Returning Officers and electoral administrators in order to further refine its operation. This will ensure that we continue to provide appropriate levels of funding whilst also driving better value for money.

We are extremely grateful for the hard work and expertise of Returning Officers, and their electoral services teams, across the UK. The information provided in this report helps to put into context the size of the challenge that they face in delivering a national poll; a challenge they continue to meet successfully.

We hope that this report will be of use to all those who work on the administration of elections. We also hope that it will prove informative to the wider public.

Foreword


The total paid from the UK Government’s Consolidated Fund for the costs of the May 2015 UK Parliamentary general election was £114,732,548.

This total includes the costs of all aspects of the conduct of the poll that were met from the Consolidated Fund, including the distribution of poll cards, operation of polling stations, provision of postal votes, the count, and the fees paid to Returning Officers for their services in delivering the elections. It also includes the cost of the delivery of candidates’ election leaflets (‘mailings’).

This report does not include any other costs not met by the Consolidated Fund i.e. the costs of electoral registration.

The funding was administered by the Cabinet Office, the Scotland Office and the Northern Ireland Office.

The Government has previously published a report on the costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections, including the full data on how this money was spent.1 This followed a report published by the Electoral Commission in December 2012 on the cost of the 2011

1 Cabinet Office, December 2016, The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections

Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System.2

2 The Electoral Commission, December 2012, Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System

Summary

Summary | 6

Key Facts The total cost of the conduct of the elections is broken down as follows:

• £2.44 million for Returning Officers’ services;

• £70.44 million for Returning Officers’ expenses; and

• £0.24 million for postal vote ‘sweeps3’; and

• £41.61 million for delivery of candidate mailings.

In addition, £784,618 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits.

The elections took place in all 650 parliamentary constituencies across the UK. At the election: • 46.4 million people were registered

and eligible to vote; of whom, • 7.6 million were registered to vote by

post; and • 30.8 million cast a vote.

The elections were conducted by: • 380 (Acting) Returning Officers; and

3 The Royal Mail offers a service under which it undertakes a “sweep” of mail-centres in the early evening of polling day and delivers any postal vote return envelopes found in the system to the relevant Returning Officer before the close of poll so that they can be included in the count. The purpose of this sweep is to maximise participation in the election by ensuring postal votes in the system and accessible are put forward to be counted.

• the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland,

with the support of local authority electoral services teams, local authority staff and resources more widely, and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI).


£114.73 million expenditure on the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election from the Consolidated Fund

£2.44 million payments to Returning Officers for their services in running the poll

£0.24 million payment to Royal Mail for conducting postal vote ‘sweeps’

£1.574 average cost per eligible registered elector for the conduct of the elections

650 UK parliamentary constituencies in which the expenditure was incurred

4 The conduct costs exclude the payments to Royal Mail for the delivery of candidate mailings and postal vote ‘sweeps’.

£70.44 million payments to Returning Officers for expenses incurred running the poll

£41.61 million payments to Royal Mail for delivering candidate mailings

86.7% actual expenditure as a proportion of allocated funding overall

£2.374 average cost per vote cast for the conduct of the elections

£112,1344 Average conduct cost per constituency

Introduction | 8

About the elections On 7 May 2015 elections were held across the UK to return 650 Members of Parliament (MPs).

MPs were elected in 650 constituencies in the United Kingdom using the first past the post voting system.

In England and Wales each constituency was presided over by an Acting Returning Officer and in Scotland by a Returning Officer.5 The (Acting) Returning Officers were responsible for:

• publishing notice of the election; • the conduct of the nomination process; • the conduct of the poll in their area; • the printing of ballot papers; • the issue and receipt of postal ballot

papers; • the verification of the ballot paper

accounts; • the counting of the votes given in their

area; and • the declaration of the result.

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is the Returning Officer for all elections in Northern Ireland, and was

5 The role of Returning Officer in England and Wales is an honorary position, usually held by the Mayor or Sherriff, and the Acting Returning Officer, a senior local authority official, is responsible for the conduct of UK parliamentary elections.

responsible for all 18 parliamentary constituencies.

In total 30.8 million people in the UK cast a vote in the elections, out of 46.4 million on the electoral register; a turnout of 66.4%.

About this report The purpose of this report is to provide greater transparency to the public on the cost of running UK-wide elections. This includes making available the underlying dataset in an open and accessible manner.

The first section of the report sets out how elections are funded, including the legislative framework governing election funding and the administration of that funding. The second section of the report sets out the cost of the elections according to the various types of expenditure.

Further data, including a breakdown of costs by constituency and with comparisons to electorate and turnout are appended to the report.

The report does not seek to review or make recommendations about how the elections were funded or administered, or the level of funding provided.

The complete dataset underpinning this report has been published concurrently on www.gov.uk/government/publications.

Introduction

9 | The Cost of the 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election

Other information about the elections In July 2015 the Electoral Commission published a report on the administration of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election.6

Following this it published a report on campaign spending in February 2016.7

Both of these reports are available on the Electoral Commission’s website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk.

The Electoral Commission also publishes a series of electoral data and detailed information on campaign expenditure and donations to political parties and registered campaign groups.

Candidate spending returns, which record expenditure by individual candidates, were available on request from the relevant (Acting) Returning Officer for a period of two years after the election.

Full details of the results of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election are available from the BBC.8

The previous Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections report9, including the full data on how this money was spent, was the first time that the UK Government published in detail the costs of a set of

6 The Electoral Commission, July 2015, The May 2015 UK Elections: Report on the Administration of the 7 May 2015 Elections, Including the UK Parliamentary General Election 7 The Electoral Commission, February 2016, UK Parliamentary General Election 2015: Campaign Spending Report 8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015 9 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/573723/costs_of_the_2014_european_parliamentary_elections.pdf

national elections and precisely what each of these costs were. This will be the second report and dataset publication for a national election. This follows the report published by the Electoral Commission in December 2012 on the cost of the 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System10.

10 The Electoral Commission, December 2012, Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System

How are Elections Funded? | 10

Sources of funding UK-wide elections

The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund. Management of this resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office, Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office, and is subject to approval by HM Treasury. This applies to the elections of:

• Members of Parliament; and • Police and Crime Commissioners

(England, Wales and Scotland only).

The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments. Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year.

UK-wide referendums

Referendums held across the UK on national issues are funded in broadly the same manner as UK-wide elections. As with elections, the delivery of the poll is funded from the Consolidated Fund and the amounts allocated to counting officers are determined by the UK Government.

However, since the Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in 2011, national referendums are run by the Chair of the Electoral Commission (or someone nominated by the Chair), who also takes on responsibility for administering and accounting for the funding.

In addition to resources provided from the Consolidated Fund, costs incurred by the Electoral Commission in conducting a referendum (including its own running costs and payments to the official campaigns) are funded through its annual estimate, which is approved by Parliament.

Further information can be found in the Electoral Commission’s report on the costs of the 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System.

Devolved elections and local polls

The costs of conducting elections to devolved legislatures and local government, and referendums on issues that are not UK-wide, are not funded directly by the UK Government. The responsibility for resourcing these polls falls to the relevant devolved administration or local authority.

Electoral registration and absent voting

The costs of maintaining the electoral register, including the annual canvass, and the registration process for absent voting are legally distinct from the administration of elections and are resourced by the relevant local authority in Great Britain. In Northern Ireland the cost of registration is borne by the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with funding from the Northern Ireland Office.

How are elections funded?


The legislative framework Under section 29 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, the (Acting) Returning Officer at a UK Parliamentary election is entitled to recover charges in respect of his or her services rendered and expenses incurred in conducting the poll. This legislation requires that these charges are to be paid from the Consolidated Fund.11

Charges Orders

The maximum recoverable amounts that (Acting) Returning Officers can claim for their services and expenses in relation to UK Parliamentary elections are set out in statutory instruments called Charges Orders.

For the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election these were The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 201512, which was made on 26 February 2015 and has effect in Great Britain, and The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 201513, which was made on 20 March 2015 and has effect in Northern Ireland.

In addition to setting the maximum recoverable amounts, the Charges Order specifies the types of expenses that (Acting) Returning Officers can claim (this does not apply to the Charges Order for Northern Ireland), such as for printing of ballot papers and undertaking the count process. Expenditure that (Acting) Returning Officers incur must be necessary for the efficient and effective conduct of the poll.

11 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/29 12 www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/476/made 13 www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/885/made

Candidates’ mailings

Under section 91 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, candidates at UK Parliamentary elections are entitled to have one election address (typically called ‘mailings’) delivered at public expense to either each named elector or each household.14 This is essentially a paper leaflet setting out the candidate or party’s policies. It is at the discretion of the candidate whether the mailing is sent to each elector or to each household. The candidate is responsible for funding the cost of producing the leaflet.

The main purpose of allowing candidates to have one communication delivered free of charge is to provide a facility to inform the electorate of the policies of standing candidates and/or parties and to help them to make informed choices when casting their vote.

As the universal service provider, Royal Mail has the responsibility for the delivery of candidate mailings and is paid for providing this service under the terms of a service level agreement with the Cabinet Office.

Administration of the funding In advance of a UK Parliamentary general election and Police and Crime Commissioner elections, the Cabinet Office calculates the level of funding necessary for their effective conduct in Great Britain and the Northern Ireland Office calculates the level of funding necessary for their effective conduct in Northern Ireland.

This includes determining the amounts to allocate to each Returning Officer for their

14 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/91


services and expenses and the expected cost for the delivery of candidate mailings.

The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland Office then agree the projected costs with HM Treasury so that funds can be made available from the Consolidated Fund once the relevant Charges Orders has been made by the appropriate Ministers.

Following the final settlement of all expenditure incurred in respect of the elections, any funds remaining are returned to the Consolidated Fund.

Returning officers’ services and expenses – England and Wales

Prior to the election, the Cabinet Office pays an initial advance to each Returning Officer of up to 75% of the allocation set out in legislation. Further advances can be made at the Cabinet Office’s discretion up to a further 15% of the overall MRA. These are made to cover unexpected and/or higher costs which cannot be covered by the initial advance.

Each Returning Officer, with the support of their electoral services team, is responsible for delivering the election within their funding allocation. This requires careful planning to ensure they are setting fees and procuring services for the election to run efficiently and effectively, whilst also delivering value for money.

Following the election, Returning Officers are required to submit a statement of accounts showing the actual costs incurred in running the poll.

These accounts are then subjected to a scrutiny process. Once this is complete, where the costs incurred are in excess of

any advance, the Cabinet Office pays the Returning Officer the balance.

Should an advance exceed the total costs incurred, the Returning Officer must return the excess funds.

In cases where the total cost of a claim exceeds the maximum recoverable amount allocated, the relevant Minister has the discretion to pay the additional expenses if the Returning Officer can provide evidence that the expenditure was necessary and reasonable for the effective and efficient conduct of the poll.

Funding review

The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-ranging review of the elections funding model used for national polls in 2013-14. This involved extensive consultation with stakeholders and led to a number of significant changes. These included:

• a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to Returning Officers;

• a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny; and

• a reduced deadline for Returning Officers to submit their expenses claims.

The changes came into effect at the 2014 European Parliamentary elections.

The new approach takes the actual settled expenditure at the previous poll of the same type (in this case the 2009 European Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for price inflation, electorate size, registered postal voters, and combination, to create a more accurate estimate of expected cost.

The new scrutiny approach sought to reduce the administrative burden on Returning Officers, while maintaining


sufficient assurance over the regularity of claimed expenditure.

Three levels of scrutiny were introduced, each requiring a different level of supporting documentation to be provided with a claim. Returning Officers are assigned a scrutiny category through a combination of risk-based and random allocation.

Where a Returning Officer claims for more than their maximum recoverable amount, their claim is automatically moved to the highest scrutiny category.

The Elections Claims Unit

The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team within government that is responsible for the administration of the scrutiny process and settlement of claims.

At the time of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election this function was part of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), but in April 2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office.

Returning Officers submit their election claims to the ECU. The ECU is then responsible for checking that costs have been accounted for correctly, that the necessary supporting evidence has been supplied and that the items claimed are reimbursable.

As part of this process the ECU may request additional information or evidence from the Returning Officer and query items of expenditure.

Once a claim has been scrutinised and all queries have been resolved, the ECU is responsible for raising the payment of the remaining balance to the Returning Officer.

Returning Officers’ services and expenses – Scotland

The Scotland Office administers funding to Returning Officers in Scotland according to the same model that is used by the Cabinet Office in England and Wales.

This includes following the same process for payment of advances, submission of accounts by Returning Officers, scrutiny of their expenditure, and payment of the final settlements.

The Scotland Office does not operate a dedicated election claims unit. Scrutiny of Returning Officers’ claims is carried out by its finance department.

Returning Officers’ expenses – Northern Ireland

Prior to the election the Northern Ireland Office makes available to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out in legislation. Funding is drawn down by the Chief Electoral Officer as necessary.

The Chief Electoral Officer, with the support of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, is responsible for delivering the election efficiently and effectively within the Northern Ireland funding allocation.

The Chief Electoral Officer presents their Returning Officer’s Expenses to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on an annual basis and the report is laid before Parliament. The Returning Officer’s Expenses are certified by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Costs met centrally

Some elements of the costs of conducting an election are not incurred by Returning


Officers, and can be paid for centrally from resources drawn from the Consolidated Fund.

In such instances the Cabinet Office will typically agree a service level agreement with the service provider.

An example of this approach is the centralised funding of GB postal vote ‘sweeps’ (EONI negotiated its own contract for postal vote sweeps), which occurs at some polls.

In addition, the cost of delivering candidate mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by the government.

Combination of polls

Combination of polls refers to the practice by which aspects of the conduct of two or more polls are administered together where the elections coincide.

In such cases it is usually mandatory for the combined polls to use the same polling stations. Other elements of a poll may be voluntarily combined at the discretion of the relevant Returning Officers. This might include issuing a single poll card with details of all the polls that have been combined or postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in the same envelope.

There are clear benefits associated with sharing procedures across multiple elections. It provides efficiencies to the administration by eliminating duplication of elements that can be shared across polls. Efficiencies in process also make combination more cost-effective than if the elections were run separately, reducing the overall level of funding required.

Combination has also been shown to increase turnout in instances where a poll that traditionally experiences low turnout is combined with a poll where turnout is higher.

It is not always the case that two polls occurring on the same day are combined and some types of poll cannot be combined with one another. It is, however, mandatory for polls at certain elections to be combined. UK Parliamentary general election polls must be combined with ‘ordinary local government elections’ where these coincide.15

It is possible for more than two polls to be combined. For instance a UK Parliamentary poll may be combined with a district council poll and a parish council poll.

In the May 2015 elections, 431 out of 650 parliamentary constituencies were subject to some degree of combination.

In circumstances where polls are subject to combination, the costs of the shared aspects are divided equally between each of the polls.

For example, where poll cards for a UK Parliamentary election are combined with poll cards for a district council election, half of the cost of printing and delivery will be charged to the Consolidated Fund and half to the local authority. If the poll cards were also combined with a parish council election, a third of the cost would be charged to the Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third for the district council election and a third for the parish council election)

15 An ‘ordinary local government election’ is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of a vacancy.


would be charged to the local authority sources.

Efficiencies introduced by combination will often result in lower overall costs to public funds both in respect of the Consolidated Fund and the relevant devolved administration or local authority sources.

Combination of polls is factored into the calculation of the funding allocations for Returning Officers. The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2015 specifies different maximum recoverable amounts for constituencies that were subject to combination and those that were not.

Returning Officers are required to record clearly which costs have been combined when submitting their accounts to the ECU and are only permitted to claim for the appropriate proportion.

What did the Elections Cost? | 16

The cost to the Consolidated Fund for the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election was £114,732,548. This consists of the payments to Returning Officers for their expenses incurred and services rendered, and payments to Royal Mail for candidate mailings and postal vote sweeps.

It covers all spending in the UK that was administered by the Cabinet Office, Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and paid from the Consolidated Fund in relation to the conduct of the poll.

It does not include any costs incurred in relation to the elections that were not met from the Consolidated Fund, such as expenditure by candidates and parties on campaigning, expenditure by the Electoral Commission, or costs incurred by local authorities administering combined polls or electoral registration.

The chart opposite shows a breakdown of these costs by the different categories of expenditure.

Appendix A provides further summary information, including comparisons between the allocated and actual costs and the costs per elector/vote cast.

Appendix B provides a summary of the costs claimed by each (Acting) Returning Officer and the total expenditure by region.

The full dataset is available online at www.gov.uk/government/publications/.

Returning Officers’ expenses The total amount paid to Returning Officers for the expenses incurred in conducting the elections was £70,442,005.

It is important to recognise that constituencies vary widely in terms of size, population, demographic composition and combination with other polls. Any comparison must pay careful consideration to the impact of these factors.

Returning Officers’ expenditure is grouped into categories reflecting the different aspects of running the poll:

• polling stations; • postal votes; • poll cards; • the count; and • other costs.

Each of these categories is then further divided into a number of sub-categories, which specify the type of expenditure.

What did the elections cost?


Breakdown of the cost of the 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election

Returning officer services

Postal vote 'sweeps'

Other conduct costs

The count

Poll cards

Postal votes

Polling stations

Candidate mailings

£2.44m

£.24m

£5.34m

£11.69m

£9.85m

£14.01m

£29.56m

£41.61m


Polling stations

£29,562,252 was spent by (Acting) Returning Officers and the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland on polling stations.

This is composed of: • accommodation, staff and equipment for

polling stations; and • the printing of the ballot papers.

The costs of purchasing equipment, such as ballot boxes and polling booths, for use at more than one election have an equal proportion charged to each of the scheduled polls within their usable lifespan.

At the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election there were 41,071 polling stations.

30.8 million votes were cast at the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election, representing a turnout of 66.4% of these 24.3 million votes were cast at polling stations.

Postal votes

£14,007,489 was spent by (Acting) Returning Officers on postal votes.

This is composed of:

• production of the postal ballot packs; • preparing, issuing and delivering packs; • return postage for completed packs; and • opening and verifying returned packs,

including signature checking.

It does not include costs incurred by Electoral Registration Officers in administering the postal vote application process.

Postal ballot papers are included in the same count as the ballot papers from polling stations. The costs of counting postal votes are therefore included in the cost of the overall count.

7.6 million electors were issued a postal ballot at the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election and 6.5 million postal ballots were returned to (Acting) Returning Officers, a return rate of 85.8%.

Poll cards

£9,847,173 was spent by (Acting) Returning Officers on poll cards.

This is composed of: • preparing and printing poll cards; and • posting or delivering poll cards.

Under legislation each (Acting) Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their

Polling station costs at the 2015 UK General Election

Presiding officers £6,471,707

Poll clerks £6,728,098

Supervising officers £1,036,355

Travel and subsistence £576,531

Training £2,317,547

Permanent accommodation £4,095,705

Temporary accommodation £1,100,190

Preparation and transport £2,898,804

Equipment £1,310,447

Printing ballot papers £3,026,868

Postal vote costs at the 2015 UK General Election

Staff: preparation and issue £553,111

Staff: opening and verification £2,297,217

Training £54,592

Printing and stationery £3,983,771

Postage: outbound £2,975,494

Postage: inbound £2,235,775

Accommodation £601,937

Equipment £1,305,594


constituency who is eligible to vote in the election.

The poll card contains specific information, including the date of the poll and the location of the elector’s polling station.

Poll cards may be sent in more than one batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely manner and are received by all those electors registered by the deadline for registration.

The count

£11,688,320 was spent by (Acting) Returning Officers on the verification and counting of votes and collation of results.

This comprises the costs for all aspects of the count process, including: • verifying that the number of ballots

received does not exceed the number issued; and

• counting the ballot papers.

Verification took place immediately following the close of polls in the UK and counting was required to commence by 2am on the day following the close of polls.

30.8 million ballots were verified of which 30.7 million valid votes were counted and 102,639 ballots were rejected.

Other costs

£5,336,771 was claimed by (Acting) Returning Officers for other costs.

(Acting) Returning Officers may claim under this heading for costs that they necessarily incur for the conduct of the poll that cannot be classified under any of the other categories.

This includes items such as general administration, travel, subsistence, and training, which are not specifically or exclusively related to one aspect of the poll.

It also includes the following specific costs: • costs for running the nominations

process; • publishing notice of election and

statement of persons nominated; • translation services; • legal advice; and • employer pension contributions for

elections staff.

Poll card costs at the 2015 UK General Election

Staff: preparation £163,105

Equipment £33,878

Printing and stationery £1,532,033

Postage/delivery £8,118,157

Count costs at the 2015 UK General Election

Count staff £5,081,375

Supervising staff £2,387,889


Training £195,513

Accommodation £2,210,919

Equipment £722,687

Transport £638,475

Security £347,944


Other costs at the 2015 General Election

Staffing costs £2,662,671


Training £539,402

Materials and services £1,963,129

Nominations £83,740

Translation £3,141

Legal advice £28,792

Staff superannuation £17,671


Returning Officers’ services The total amount paid to or, on behalf of, Returning Officers in Great Britain for their own services in conducting the elections was £2,444,944.

While the individuals are also employees of local authorities, the role of the Returning Officer is statutory and legally independent of the local authority and the Returning Officer is personally responsible by law for the effective conduct of the poll. He or she is, therefore, entitled to receive a fee for the services rendered in delivering the poll.

Fee for services

The majority of the cost of (Acting) Returning Officers’ services is made up of the fee itself. The total amount paid to (Acting) Returning Officers in fees for their services was £2,289,139.

The fee for (Acting) Returning Officers was calculated at a rate of £475 per 10,000 electors. Where this amount would be less than £2,500 they were entitled to a minimum of £2,500 to recognise a minimum level of work that is required regardless of the size of the electorate.

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland does not receive a fee.

Where a poll was combined, the fee for (Acting) Returning Officers was uplifted by 20% to take account of the added complexity of running combined polls. It is at the discretion of the Returning Officer whether they claim the whole fee, part of the fee, or do not claim for it at all.

34 of 632 (Acting) Returning Officers opted not to claim some or all of the fee. There is

no fee payable for services in Northern Ireland.

A (Acting) Returning Officer may also opt to give a proportion of their fee to another individual, to whom they have delegated responsibility for an aspect of the conduct of the poll. This does not alter the maximum amount that can be claimed.

There is a provision for part or all of the fee to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral Commission, where delivery of a poll was not executed effectively. No fees were withheld under this provision for the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election.

Superannuation

The total cost of superannuation payments to Returning Officers in Great Britain was £155,805.

The Representation of the People Act 1983 requires that, where the superannuation payments made by a local authority on behalf of an individual are increased as a result of any payment made for Returning Officers’ services or expenses, the increase will be met from the Consolidated Fund.

Under the terms of the Local Government Pension Scheme, fees paid in respect of UK Parliamentary elections are considered to be pensionable.

Insurance and indemnity

As indicated previously, Returning Officers are statutorily independent of central and local government and, as a result, are personally liable for a variety of costs. These include legal costs if an election is challenged and any public or employer liability claims.


Returning Officers in Great Britain have insurance to cover public liabilities, employers’ liabilities, liabilities incurred in their professional role, and liabilities for personal injury in respect of their duties at General Elections.

Cabinet Office provided a further indemnity to cover any gaps in the existing insurance arrangements.

The indemnity did not cover the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, who was covered by an existing Crown Indemnity.

No costs were incurred or paid under these indemnity arrangement at the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election.

Centrally funded expenditure The total cost of payments made directly to suppliers by the Cabinet Office, the Scotland Office and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland in respect of the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election was £41,845,599.

This cost consisted solely of payments to Royal Mail.

Delivery of candidate mailings

The total cost for the delivery of candidate mailings was £41,605,599.

This cost only includes the amount paid to Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets. All costs incurred in designing and printing of a mailing were paid for by the candidate or party.

Postal vote ‘sweeps’

The total payment to Royal Mail for conducting postal vote ‘sweeps’ was £240,000.

This is a practice by which Royal Mail undertake a ‘sweep’ of sorting offices on polling day to identify postal vote return envelopes. These can then be gathered together and delivered to the Returning Officer before the close of the poll so that they can be included in the count.

Although these costs are incurred under the legislative provision for Returning Officers’ expenses, for the sake of efficiency these costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on behalf of Returning Officers.

Postal vote ‘sweeps’ are not mandatory; however, for the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election the government chose to pay centrally for ‘sweeps’ in all 632 constituencies. The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland reached a separate agreement in respect of the 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland.

Other election related expenditure The costs detailed above include only those charged to the Consolidated Fund. Some costs may have been incurred by Returning Officers and local authorities that were not claimed from the Consolidated Fund or which could not be claimed from the Consolidated Fund.

There are also several other types of associated expenditure not related to the conduct of elections which are not met from the Consolidated Fund. These are incurred by groups other than the Government, such


as the Electoral Commission and political parties and candidates.

Since these costs are not part of the cost of conducting the election, and – with the exception of costs incurred by the Electoral Commission – are not paid from public funds, they are not included in this report. However, these categories of expenditure are summarised below.

Party and independent candidate deposits

Candidates who stand in a UK or European Parliamentary election are required to pay a deposit.

In the case of a UK Parliamentary election a deposit of £500 is payable by each candidate.

The deposit is held by the (Acting) Returning Officer and will be returned only if the candidate receives more than 5% of the total number of valid votes cast in the constituency in which they stand.

If they do not reach this threshold the deposit is forfeited. (Acting) Returning Officers are then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of the result being declared.

Following the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election, £784,618 was paid into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits.

This includes £618 bank interest received on deposits held by the Scotland Office.

Election expenses

Election expenses are certain costs incurred by candidates for the purpose of procuring or promoting their election after the date at which they become a candidate.

There are limits to the amount of election expenses a candidate can incur and candidates or their agents must complete and submit a spending return to the (Acting) Returning Officer following the election.

Spending returns are kept for a period of two years after the election and are available for viewing by the public on request. The (Acting) Returning Officer will then destroy the return or, where requested, return it to the candidate or agent.

The Electoral Commission collates and publishes aggregate data on candidate spending following elections, which is available on its website.

Campaign expenditure

Campaign expenditure relates to certain costs incurred by political parties in promoting or procuring the election of their candidates or otherwise increasing the standing of the party or their candidates at an election.

This expenditure is regulated by the Electoral Commission. There are limits on how much can be spent and parties must submit a spending return, which is published on the Electoral Commission’s website.

Non-party campaign spending

Non-party campaign spending relates to certain costs incurred by individuals or organisations who are not candidates or political parties. This spending relates to activities which can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against a political party or category of candidate.


Campaigners spending more than a certain amount are required to register with the Electoral Commission. There are limits on how much can be spent and campaigners must submit a spending return, which is published on the Electoral Commission’s website.

The Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission is an independent body that was established by Parliament to regulate party and election finance and set standards for well-run elections.

In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities, the Electoral Commission necessarily incurs costs relating to elections held within the UK.

The Electoral Commission produces an Annual Report and Accounts each financial year, providing a comprehensive statement of the costs of its activities. The Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-16 covers the period of the UK Parliamentary general election.

Regulation of party and election finance

As the regulator of party and election finance, the Electoral Commission is responsible for ensuring that parties and non-party campaigners submit complete and accurate accounts of their spending.

It also has a duty to publish details of party and non-party campaign spending and to investigate potential breaches of the spending rules for parties and non-party campaigners.

The costs of these activities are met from its operating costs, which are approved by Parliament.

Public awareness activities

The Electoral Commission also has a statutory responsibility for increasing public awareness of UK elections. This includes undertaking activities designed to increase participation in elections, in terms of both registration and voting, which will involve incurring costs in respect of elections generally.

Campaign broadcasts

Section 333 of the Communications Act 2003 requires that licensed public service television and radio broadcasters must carry party election broadcasts in accordance with rules set by Ofcom. Under these rules party political broadcasts for UK Parliamentary general elections are carried by all Licensees except local digital television programme service licensees.

The BBC may also carry party election broadcasts and these are regulated by the BBC Trust.

Whilst there is no defined cost of airing party election broadcasts, this does provide a nominal benefit to the political parties. The costs of producing a broadcast are the responsibility of the respective party.


Financial summary

Credit

(£,000s)

Debit

(£,000s)

Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund

122,798

Payments to Returning Officers

…in respect of services …in respect of expenses

2,445

70,442

Payments to Royal Mail

…in respect of postal ‘sweeps’ …in respect of delivery of candidate mailings

240

41,606

Forfeited candidate deposits

785

Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund Amount held for the settlement of by-elections

7,955

895

123,583

123,583

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Allocated and actual costs Returning Officers’ services

Electoral area

Funding allocation (MRA)

Actual expenditure16 +/-

(£) (£) (£)

East Midlands 179,633 179,632 (1)

Eastern 230,117 227,157 (2,960)

London 256,195 256,192 (3)

North East 99,988 99,988 -

North West 278,364 275,145 (3,219)

Scotland 199,251 195,249 (4,002)

South East 336,544 333,211 (3,333)

South West 209,249 208,713 (536)

Wales 111,907 111,907 -

West Midlands 214,164 213,336 (828)

Yorkshire and the Humber 202,919 188,608 (14,311)

Total 2,318,331 2,289,138 (29,193)

Returning Officers’ expenses

Electoral area

Funding allocation (MRA)

Actual expenditure +/-

(£) (£) (£)

East Midlands 4,173,302 3,915,471 (257,831)

Eastern 5,927,092 4,910,610 (1,016,482)

London 12,759,694 12,631,772 (127,922)

Northern Ireland 3,278,000 3,093,667 (184,333)

North East 3,108,774 2,629,555 (479,219)

North West 7,383,793 6,033,639 (1,350,154)

Scotland 11,059,466 10,209,187 (850,279)

South East 8,620,468 7,695,981 (924,487)

South West 5,740,863 5,467,099 (273,764)

Wales 4,869,913 4,562,951 (306,962)

West Midlands 5,632,438 4,903,411 (729,027)

Yorkshire and the Humber 5,294,201 4,388,661 (905,540)

Total 77,848,004 70,442,004 (7,406,000)

Other costs

Electoral area

Funding allocation

Actual expenditure +/-

(£) (£) (£)

Candidate Mailings 45,000,000 41,605,599 3,394,401

Postal vote ‘sweeps’ 240,000 240,000 -

16 Excludes superannuation, which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount.


Average costs per elector/vote/unit Per elector/vote costs by electoral area

Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per elector

Cost per vote

(£) (£) (£)

East Midlands 4,113,111 3,354,204 2,239,211 1.23 1.84

Eastern 5,155,043 4,365,302 2,959,383 1.18 1.74

London 12,895,371 5,407,830 3,547,833 2.38 3.63

North East 2,735,344 1,923,727 1,191,591 1.42 2.30

North West 6,314,096 5,230,395 3,377,165 1.21 1.87

South East 8,058,265 6,409,317 4,410,998 1.26 1.83

South West 5,696,302 4,080,772 2,844,797 1.40 2.00

West Midlands 5,129,056 4,102,205 2,637,781 1.25 1.94

Yorkshire and the Humber 4,592,081 3,862,394 2,453,188 1.19 1.87

England 54,688,667 38,736,146 25,661,947 1.41 2.13

Northern Ireland 3,093,667 1,236,765 722,872 2.50 4.28

Scotland 10,423,525 4,099,532 2,914,198 2.54 3.58

Wales 4,681,091 2,281,754 1,501,147 2.05 3.12

Great Britain 69,793,283 45,117,432 30,077,292 1.55 2.32

United Kingdom 72,886,950 46,354,197 30,800,164 1.57 2.37

Per elector/vote costs by category

Category

Total cost

Total electorate

Total votes cast

Cost per elector

Cost per vote

(£) (£) (£)

Returning Officers’ services 2,444,944 46,354,197 30,800,164 0.05 0.08

Polling stations17 29,562,252 38,761,462 24,283,936 0.76 1.22

Postal votes18 14,007,489 7,592,735 6,516,228 1.84 2.15

Poll cards 9,847,173 46,354,197 30,800,164 0.21 0.32

The count 11,688,320 46,354,197 30,800,164 0.25 0.38

Other costs 5,336,771 46,354,197 30,800,164 0.12 0.17

Postal vote ‘sweeps’14 240,000 7,592,735 6,516,228 0.03 0.04

Candidate mailings 41,605,599 46,354,197 30,800,164 0.90 1.35

17 Excludes electors registered to vote by post. 18 Only includes electors registered to vote by post.

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Unit costs by category

Category Total cost

Units

Cost per unit

(£) (£)

Poll cards (printing) 1,532,033 46,354,197 0.03

Poll cards (delivery) 8,118,157 46,354,197 0.18

Ballot papers (printing)19 3,026,868 51,000,000 0.06

Postal ballots (printing) 3,983,771 7,592,735 0.52

Postal ballots (delivery) 2,975,494 7,592,735 0.39

Postal ballots (return postage) 2,235,775 6,516,228 0.34

Postal vote ‘sweeps’ 240,000 31,950 7.51

Polling stations 5,195,895 41,071 126.51

19 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by Returning Officers were based on 110% of electors as advised by the Electoral Commission.

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Electoral Area Electorate Postal

Voters Turnout Combination Returning Officers’ services

Polling station costs

Postal vote costs

Poll card costs

Count costs

Other costs

(%) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) Aberavon 49,821 10,493 63.4% Standalone 2,500 52,806 27,497 17,204 10,296 5,574

Aberconwy 45,525 6,899 66.4% Standalone 2,500 35,161 19,402 16,973 8,820 5,756

Aberdeen North 67,745 14,313 65.0% Standalone 3,451 71,963 44,701 22,684 49,596 4,947

Aberdeen South 68,056 15,935 71.4% Standalone 3,447 67,915 45,026 22,684 49,396 4,947

Airdrie and Shotts 66,792 8,061 66.4% Standalone 3,089 113,649 16,270 22,962 25,935 13,888

Aldershot 72,430 11,360 63.9% Combined 3,926 27,020 17,904 10,144 14,205 8,032

Aldridge-Brownhills 60,215 8,186 65.8% Combined 3,151 26,964 10,369 10,901 12,739 3,905

Altrincham and Sale West 71,511 22,026 70.9% Combined 3,812 29,278 27,981 14,100 21,834 7,684

Alyn and Deeside 62,016 10,389 66.7% Standalone 3,732 32,292 25,982 22,613 11,789 10,376

Amber Valley 69,510 14,914 65.9% Combined 4,179 39,631 27,583 19,798 12,504 8,990

Angus 65,792 10,719 67.7% Standalone 3,267 79,955 39,321 22,696 13,583 7,259

Arfon 40,492 6,050 66.5% Standalone 2,500 34,909 13,408 14,653 6,825 4,028

Argyll and Bute 68,875 13,204 75.4% Standalone 4,029 125,203 20,534 23,260 67,895 3,975

Arundel and South Downs 77,242 12,355 73.4% Combined 4,447 37,988 13,446 9,497 10,530 5,339

Ashfield 77,091 11,185 61.8% Combined 3,938 30,598 25,692 18,242 18,366 6,814

Ashford 85,177 11,758 67.6% Combined 4,444 56,380 15,555 16,100 11,193 8,126

Ashton-under-Lyne 68,343 12,151 57.2% Combined 3,836 30,281 12,786 13,083 18,678 5,322

Aylesbury 80,315 11,737 69.3% Combined 4,267 29,605 17,050 15,243 17,932 8,983

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 72,995 14,406 71.6% Standalone 1,628 91,866 38,427 24,817 25,771 6,427

Banbury 86,420 11,350 67.3% Combined 5,699 61,280 30,469 20,339 18,013 14,702

Banff and Buchan 68,609 14,883 66.7% Standalone 3,279 74,886 29,587 22,136 38,712 3,872

Barking 73,977 10,384 58.3% Standalone 3,642 74,178 25,765 28,581 26,934 6,484

Barnsley Central 64,534 11,246 56.8% Combined 4,351 40,825 18,412 12,228 10,448 10,086

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Barnsley East 69,135 11,922 56.0% Combined 4,610 37,324 18,852 12,837 10,031 9,512

Barrow and Furness 68,338 6,732 63.6% Combined 3,540 26,485 19,411 15,219 7,952 3,678

Basildon and Billericay 66,347 7,975 65.2% Combined 3,553 28,087 11,027 6,993 7,579 4,489

Basingstoke 79,665 12,240 66.9% Combined 4,817 34,662 21,731 15,323 19,592 10,162

Bassetlaw 76,796 14,113 64.4% Combined 4,077 47,829 18,156 15,548 9,112 4,174

Bath 63,084 11,252 75.1% Combined 3,191 24,271 18,608 10,675 12,943 3,228

Batley and Spen 78,373 11,907 64.7% Combined 4,070 34,297 16,703 12,608 10,520 5,742

Battersea 76,111 14,526 67.2% Standalone 3,417 78,467 30,519 16,715 20,689 16,249

Beaconsfield 74,726 12,491 71.5% Combined 4,017 28,961 16,056 14,304 16,949 2,249

Beckenham 67,439 10,787 72.5% Standalone 3,178 65,880 27,281 23,832 39,615 6,123

Bedford 69,311 12,656 66.9% Combined 3,672 23,324 33,761 8,857 21,262 8,634

Belfast East 63,157 684 63.1% Standalone - 61,019 2,308 20,461 50,962 37,035

Belfast North 68,553 588 59.6% Standalone - 57,342 2,019 22,250 48,491 45,996

Belfast South 64,927 601 60.3% Standalone - 53,543 1,968 21,022 46,355 52,104

Belfast West 62,697 449 56.8% Standalone - 57,992 1,726 20,384 48,742 35,454

Bermondsey and Old Southwark 83,298 11,937 62.0% Standalone 3,865 87,425 36,652 31,646 22,661 6,839

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 74,214 10,617 74.2% Standalone 4,380 89,023 42,707 25,370 44,732 12,990

Berwick-upon-Tweed 56,969 8,910 71.1% Standalone 2,757 58,477 27,486 3,350 24,165 10,889

Bethnal Green and Bow 82,727 12,771 64.3% Standalone 3,844 81,875 31,317 37,621 39,899 5,267

Beverley and Holderness 80,805 8,809 65.4% Combined 4,230 43,615 7,420 13,868 8,103 660

Bexhill and Battle 78,796 11,352 70.5% Combined 4,098 40,941 16,060 14,453 9,820 7,642

Bexleyheath and Crayford 64,828 10,020 67.6% Standalone 3,898 85,308 27,360 23,573 29,676 9,850

Birkenhead 62,410 9,179 62.9% Combined 2,809 16,998 12,423 7,056 10,163 5,146

Birmingham, Edgbaston 65,591 7,912 63.2% Combined 3,467 25,419 17,935 8,983 19,011 6,286

Birmingham, Erdington 65,128 5,278 53.4% Combined 3,370 24,631 17,935 8,983 18,574 6,258

Birmingham, Hall Green 76,330 7,541 62.0% Combined 3,930 27,126 17,935 8,983 19,190 6,308

Birmingham, Hodge Hill 75,302 6,171 54.9% Combined 3,886 26,118 17,935 8,983 19,340 6,291

Birmingham, Ladywood 68,128 5,158 53.1% Combined 3,659 27,341 17,935 8,983 18,795 6,278

Birmingham, Northfield 71,428 7,696 59.6% Combined 3,711 29,432 17,935 8,983 18,341 6,293

Birmingham, Perry Barr 69,943 5,163 59.4% Combined 3,669 28,806 17,935 8,983 19,059 6,343

Birmingham, Selly Oak 75,092 6,270 60.6% Combined 3,855 29,513 17,935 8,983 19,263 6,315


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Bishop Auckland 66,070 12,415 59.7% Standalone 3,490 56,879 23,330 14,271 16,036 6,276

Blackburn 73,260 15,140 60.5% Combined 3,940 34,896 15,532 8,892 9,064 8,838

Blackley and Broughton 71,913 13,317 51.9% Combined 3,947 44,384 17,649 20,207 34,211 3,282

Blackpool North and Cleveleys 62,468 18,422 63.4% Combined 3,608 32,900 22,187 7,756 17,435 9,890

Blackpool South 57,411 14,008 56.8% Combined 3,483 23,600 20,142 5,029 17,435 9,892

Blaenau Gwent 51,335 8,961 61.9% Standalone 3,089 61,199 22,391 16,827 6,790 5,703

Blaydon 67,901 24,280 66.3% Combined 4,122 21,137 25,685 5,131 7,273 2,486

Blyth Valley 61,247 17,848 62.9% Standalone 3,057 28,659 31,260 20,526 6,581 12,999

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 72,995 9,476 64.9% Combined 3,863 32,378 13,328 7,827 6,405 7,372

Bolsover 71,979 8,749 61.4% Combined 4,261 34,305 22,015 15,646 8,245 4,046

Bolton North East 67,895 13,392 63.8% Combined 3,235 22,035 12,477 11,462 9,812 763

Bolton South East 69,687 10,942 58.7% Combined 3,339 20,804 12,490 11,458 10,996 763

Bolton West 72,719 14,036 67.1% Combined 3,519 21,569 14,365 11,462 12,372 763

Bootle 70,145 8,283 64.6% Combined 3,322 31,231 17,287 6,917 10,958 11,594

Boston and Skegness 67,064 10,952 64.9% Combined 3,889 37,334 15,053 12,817 8,848 4,043

Bosworth 79,738 13,777 67.5% Combined 5,149 30,657 24,009 5,765 12,463 3,930

Bournemouth East 72,275 9,844 62.3% Combined 4,069 34,634 15,827 12,977 12,383 12,094

Bournemouth West 72,082 7,933 58.2% Combined 3,947 40,835 16,427 12,947 13,278 11,662

Bracknell 81,271 12,811 65.6% Combined 4,543 43,576 31,522 14,112 24,465 7,399

Bradford East 66,121 11,691 62.9% Combined 4,018 26,768 16,016 11,822 11,925 7,730

Bradford South 63,674 9,006 59.2% Combined 3,871 30,345 16,146 12,309 12,187 7,775

Bradford West 63,372 10,765 64.0% Combined 3,840 25,278 16,146 11,764 12,175 7,775

Braintree 73,557 11,430 68.6% Combined 4,403 43,803 24,198 16,674 7,304 4,700

Brecon and Radnorshire 54,441 8,979 73.7% Standalone 3,180 64,013 20,144 19,648 9,825 7,153

Brent Central 77,038 7,636 61.4% Standalone 3,617 96,509 26,145 27,358 24,898 7,877

Brent North 82,196 10,022 63.9% Standalone 3,937 102,134 26,271 27,358 26,069 7,877

Brentford and Isleworth 84,602 12,400 68.0% Standalone 4,914 107,093 30,823 14,424 36,553 17,029

Brentwood and Ongar 71,918 8,797 72.4% Combined 3,971 45,220 19,093 10,676 14,645 5,607

Bridgend 59,998 11,268 65.9% Standalone 3,419 36,935 31,392 22,518 13,287 7,891

Bridgwater and West Somerset 80,491 11,130 67.9% Combined 4,814 49,606 26,242 17,698 14,408 5,141

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Brigg and Goole 68,488 12,665 63.4% Combined 3,572 32,471 16,588 14,150 7,806 1,527

Brighton, Kemptown 67,858 12,528 67.0% Combined 4,211 28,353 15,190 9,283 14,107 8,227

Brighton, Pavilion 76,557 12,267 71.7% Combined 4,636 24,265 15,704 13,852 12,675 9,626

Bristol East 71,193 11,477 65.1% Combined 4,649 26,075 15,366 12,558 19,548 19,950

Bristol North West 74,743 14,388 69.5% Standalone 4,485 40,042 26,634 13,120 32,847 22,066

Bristol South 81,496 12,249 62.6% Combined 5,272 28,953 15,688 8,889 22,368 23,473

Bristol West 91,236 11,748 70.6% Combined 5,653 35,238 23,503 10,384 23,692 26,190

Broadland 73,552 10,344 72.4% Combined 4,455 40,822 17,474 12,580 18,256 10,600

Bromley and Chislehurst 65,477 9,804 67.5% Standalone 3,080 66,981 27,281 23,832 36,933 6,386

Bromsgrove 73,337 11,046 71.5% Combined 3,858 31,107 16,830 8,190 14,027 28,502

Broxbourne 72,944 11,974 63.3% Combined 4,017 18,666 15,980 10,753 7,743 2,271

Broxtowe 71,764 13,418 74.7% Combined 4,382 38,227 16,491 13,094 6,744 1,918

Buckingham 77,425 10,810 71.0% Combined 4,570 33,889 16,507 14,743 13,954 7,730

Burnley 64,477 10,841 61.9% Combined 4,001 26,051 17,975 11,749 12,226 4,509

Burton 75,248 16,575 65.3% Combined 3,959 29,108 19,101 14,225 18,943 3,015

Bury North 67,580 15,038 67.2% Combined 3,678 28,129 21,592 4,612 11,054 525

Bury South 73,883 15,170 64.2% Combined 4,014 30,353 24,251 4,777 15,765 3,186

Bury St Edmunds 85,982 6,951 69.3% Combined 5,592 37,194 12,556 16,979 11,654 2,108

Caerphilly 63,603 10,218 63.5% Standalone 3,066 44,651 21,153 19,995 6,775 6,254

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 47,558 8,817 72.0% Standalone 2,953 61,661 30,315 16,112 16,061 13,178

Calder Valley 77,754 18,483 69.1% Combined 4,610 33,556 25,896 13,342 15,631 7,782

Camberwell and Peckham 82,746 9,848 62.6% Standalone 3,824 72,687 43,603 31,646 22,026 8,261

Camborne and Redruth 66,944 11,476 68.6% Standalone 3,681 50,671 19,418 22,892 20,660 24,764

Cambridge 83,384 11,872 62.3% Combined 3,965 24,872 12,372 9,088 5,318 2,222

Cannock Chase 74,532 11,049 63.4% Combined 4,663 32,634 16,104 11,050 10,847 4,271

Canterbury 81,341 9,546 66.0% Combined 4,867 34,089 11,736 9,856 6,599 9,372

Cardiff Central 57,456 9,136 67.5% Standalone 2,996 61,137 19,170 16,852 13,442 11,034

Cardiff North 67,196 14,221 76.2% Standalone 3,260 74,703 26,129 21,800 15,224 11,782

Cardiff South and Penarth 76,006 13,202 61.6% Standalone 3,698 82,107 25,081 30,139 15,354 13,136

Cardiff West 66,762 12,304 65.8% Standalone 3,209 73,096 23,295 20,742 13,392 11,278

Carlisle 65,827 11,437 64.8% Combined 3,924 46,263 29,605 14,500 10,647 5,490

Carmarthen East and 55,750 12,600 70.8% Standalone 2,665 71,850 29,095 20,005 16,188 4,158


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Carshalton and Wallington 69,981 11,226 68.2% Standalone 3,304 63,205 30,727 15,059 25,081 5,838

Castle Point 68,170 9,872 66.8% Combined 3,560 20,603 12,300 7,839 4,216 4,270

Central Ayrshire 70,021 12,320 72.6% Standalone 1,564 71,347 35,504 23,734 25,176 5,460

Central Devon 72,737 13,830 75.1% Combined 3,798 43,988 18,889 12,714 9,288 11,216

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 76,666 13,075 70.7% Combined 3,967 42,280 15,078 13,281 10,415 7,880

Ceredigion 54,242 8,709 69.2% Standalone 2,545 54,000 15,924 17,225 13,445 9,500

Charnwood 77,269 10,188 67.9% Combined 4,819 26,378 16,764 9,987 9,141 8,644

Chatham and Aylesford 66,355 8,759 65.2% Combined 3,559 26,761 21,279 10,481 16,658 2,743

Cheadle 73,239 15,878 72.7% Combined 3,834 28,115 17,196 13,675 9,399 3,538

Chelmsford 78,580 10,212 68.7% Combined 4,132 26,957 18,690 17,731 11,137 -

Chelsea and Fulham 63,478 11,180 63.6% Standalone 3,373 79,246 26,109 25,133 43,102 14,752

Cheltenham 77,287 15,623 69.7% Standalone 4,371 46,495 39,951 23,232 17,399 16,265

Chesham and Amersham 72,547 10,123 73.0% Combined 3,872 25,568 9,581 786 16,794 7,353

Chesterfield 71,625 13,381 63.9% Combined 4,286 31,754 17,450 11,062 11,317 5,030

Chichester 83,396 13,336 68.8% Combined 4,411 39,486 13,949 16,410 12,789 10,454

Chingford and Woodford Green 66,680 9,699 65.9% Standalone 3,048 69,476 20,202 19,085 26,893 9,462

Chippenham 74,218 13,834 74.8% Standalone 4,130 54,698 31,647 17,486 33,538 1,111

Chipping Barnet 77,807 13,980 68.3% Standalone 3,578 78,776 30,070 34,189 36,478 4,906

Chorley 74,679 21,367 69.4% Combined 3,880 33,830 36,880 11,367 9,858 1,474

Christchurch 69,303 12,450 72.1% Combined 4,010 32,393 18,443 2,985 9,399 6,842

Cities of London and Westminster 60,992 9,295 59.6% Standalone 3,473 76,098 18,567 24,475 35,473 10,335

City of Chester 74,485 12,066 69.0% Combined 3,697 27,099 10,131 12,852 20,171 6,370

City of Durham 68,725 13,610 66.6% Standalone 3,845 46,591 25,704 13,247 16,293 5,721

Clacton 68,936 10,765 64.4% Combined 4,176 26,516 19,552 12,674 10,340 6,581

Cleethorpes 71,008 11,814 63.7% Combined 3,525 41,526 22,191 12,186 8,616 2,454

Clwyd South 54,996 8,477 63.9% Standalone 2,833 46,949 20,580 20,396 10,172 6,743

Clwyd West 58,644 9,124 65.0% Standalone 2,818 51,455 24,862 21,733 11,060 6,524

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill 73,894 8,196 68.7% Standalone 3,457 117,306 16,270 22,962 25,935 13,750

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Colchester 74,204 11,408 65.6% Combined 3,853 33,128 21,647 15,193 12,485 5,522

Colne Valley 82,516 16,135 69.0% Combined 4,255 33,149 17,421 13,275 11,049 5,906

Congleton 72,503 13,540 70.5% Combined 3,916 29,658 21,576 7,983 19,005 4,727

Copeland 62,087 12,218 64.1% Combined 3,619 33,487 29,317 7,816 10,367 4,210

Corby 79,775 16,601 70.6% Combined 4,366 37,012 36,842 11,299 7,941 5,258

Coventry North East 75,462 7,498 56.2% Combined 4,873 35,489 10,014 6,847 16,099 11,146

Coventry North West 73,626 7,866 61.7% Combined 4,721 31,668 12,076 6,400 16,144 10,992

Coventry South 70,397 7,822 62.3% Combined 4,803 33,372 12,372 7,533 15,555 10,556

Crawley 73,936 12,264 65.8% Combined 4,895 35,068 13,322 14,050 7,260 6,896

Crewe and Nantwich 74,169 13,334 67.6% Combined 4,159 28,886 21,797 7,983 18,954 4,140

Croydon Central 78,171 13,103 67.9% Standalone 3,688 70,913 25,524 34,107 36,709 2,329

Croydon North 85,941 11,677 62.5% Standalone 4,085 79,211 25,524 34,107 28,216 2,329

Croydon South 82,010 15,170 70.5% Standalone 3,877 77,469 29,524 34,107 20,322 2,273

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 67,088 9,304 73.8% Standalone 3,092 109,122 16,270 22,962 25,935 13,734

Cynon Valley 51,422 9,951 59.4% Standalone 2,500 31,518 18,702 18,803 9,498 7,899

Dagenham and Rainham 69,128 9,589 62.4% Standalone 3,374 63,488 25,765 25,508 27,204 5,777

Darlington 65,851 13,435 62.7% Combined 3,507 20,772 17,898 10,224 14,836 5,219

Dartford 75,209 11,754 70.0% Combined 3,929 49,008 16,039 9,856 11,467 4,026

Daventry 72,873 13,258 72.3% Combined 5,197 55,618 22,887 18,091 11,185 7,383

Delyn 53,639 9,326 70.0% Standalone 3,211 40,895 24,028 19,705 12,100 10,822

Denton and Reddish 66,141 13,007 58.7% Combined 3,706 29,809 13,363 14,191 18,590 5,322

Derby North 69,794 12,007 64.3% Combined 4,616 20,321 11,866 6,539 21,357 8,317

Derby South 70,240 11,872 58.4% Combined 4,706 21,198 11,855 8,429 21,491 8,371

Derbyshire Dales 63,476 12,243 74.8% Combined 3,345 53,780 27,336 8,548 11,079 5,002

Devizes 69,205 13,017 71.0% Standalone 3,836 54,523 30,882 17,486 20,177 1,004

Dewsbury 79,770 14,334 67.5% Combined 4,180 31,710 16,796 12,833 10,697 5,815

Don Valley 71,299 21,710 59.8% Combined 3,489 25,665 21,938 8,407 16,620 7,478

Doncaster Central 71,136 19,555 57.1% Combined 3,782 24,616 21,938 8,407 16,730 7,782

Doncaster North 70,989 18,818 55.9% Combined 3,814 26,132 21,984 8,407 16,397 7,782

Dover 72,930 13,184 69.1% Combined 4,367 33,394 17,518 13,962 18,905 4,925

Dudley North 60,717 7,478 62.7% Combined 3,189 30,258 9,346 7,276 4,994 3,429

Dudley South 60,363 7,572 63.4% Combined 3,170 27,559 9,346 7,224 5,077 3,429


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lection Dulwich and West Norwood 76,575 10,250 67.3% Standalone 3,471 76,965 27,220 32,578 27,422 4,645

Dumfries and Galloway 75,249 16,218 75.3% Standalone 3,645 112,229 30,406 23,663 39,933 8,573

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 68,483 14,066 76.2% Standalone 3,337 104,925 27,657 24,182 42,282 19,330

Dundee East 67,822 13,338 71.2% Standalone 3,523 54,155 30,061 22,812 18,763 2,925

Dundee West 65,927 12,042 67.9% Standalone 3,770 50,711 29,296 22,811 18,213 2,925

Dunfermline and West Fife 78,037 14,565 71.7% Standalone 4,426 69,226 43,459 29,377 28,041 2,648

Dwyfor Meirionnydd 44,394 5,845 65.3% Standalone 2,500 54,426 12,583 13,854 8,017 5,109

Ealing Central and Acton 71,422 9,722 71.5% Standalone 4,000 111,672 23,393 21,442 57,881 28,723

Ealing North 73,881 7,492 65.9% Standalone 4,126 122,885 23,393 21,442 57,881 25,726

Ealing, Southall 65,606 7,306 66.3% Standalone 3,451 75,062 22,121 20,263 47,843 23,547

Easington 61,659 13,545 56.2% Standalone 3,399 48,843 28,210 13,951 15,068 5,438

East Antrim 62,811 483 53.6% Standalone - 58,604 1,833 20,453 37,141 44,594

East Devon 76,519 11,062 71.8% Combined 4,454 28,414 13,435 9,059 10,457 4,586

East Dunbartonshire 66,966 11,773 82.0% Standalone 3,384 52,859 29,186 24,713 18,975 10,816

East Ham 87,382 10,634 60.1% Standalone 4,350 86,976 35,472 22,232 41,180 3,700

East Hampshire 71,074 11,499 73.0% Combined 3,747 37,409 12,832 17,349 14,930 4,847

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 83,205 11,908 72.8% Standalone 4,788 79,966 21,178 28,365 30,568 9,979

East Londonderry 66,926 948 52.2% Standalone - 61,360 2,792 21,869 37,075 43,305

East Lothian 79,481 15,510 74.3% Standalone 4,513 69,072 43,242 21,839 17,868 4,034

East Renfrewshire 69,982 15,044 81.2% Standalone 4,084 72,046 33,668 24,845 24,764 3,340

East Surrey 79,654 12,947 70.6% Combined 4,069 36,139 20,606 16,000 9,962 6,683

East Worthing and Shoreham 74,775 12,406 67.0% Combined 4,994 32,629 21,644 15,584 9,921 6,900

East Yorkshire 81,023 8,943 62.0% Combined 3,197 38,630 7,665 16,389 8,259 660

Eastbourne 78,262 15,412 67.8% Combined 5,007 26,240 23,918 13,143 17,866 2,915

Eastleigh 79,609 16,100 69.9% Combined 4,235 29,656 20,947 8,805 15,244 20,906

Eddisbury 68,569 7,290 69.3% Combined 3,485 30,793 12,926 10,035 15,628 7,107

Edinburgh East 67,141 11,837 70.2% Standalone 3,091 57,840 46,014 18,342 59,371 22,159

Edinburgh North and Leith 80,910 16,265 71.8% Standalone 3,724 69,534 63,269 22,204 71,870 26,825

Edinburgh South 65,801 14,725 75.0% Standalone 3,036 53,823 57,517 17,377 56,246 20,993

Edinburgh South West 72,149 14,937 71.6% Standalone 3,350 60,965 57,517 19,307 62,496 23,326

Edinburgh West 71,717 16,589 76.6% Standalone 3,347 61,064 63,269 19,307 62,496 23,326

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Edmonton 66,016 6,331 62.9% Standalone 3,065 71,805 17,238 16,755 26,814 8,456

Ellesmere Port and Neston 69,223 7,893 67.7% Combined 3,530 30,893 8,359 12,205 15,523 6,638

Elmet and Rothwell 79,143 15,975 73.2% Combined 4,071 44,467 25,722 14,525 19,237 8,672

Eltham 63,998 9,257 67.6% Standalone 3,478 88,069 31,177 23,445 36,266 13,251

Enfield North 68,118 8,826 67.9% Standalone 3,200 82,586 18,257 13,639 25,377 4,986

Enfield, Southgate 64,937 8,481 70.7% Standalone 3,046 69,229 18,257 14,826 24,997 4,986

Epping Forest 73,447 7,113 67.4% Combined 4,565 54,499 19,555 19,443 18,857 5,590

Epsom and Ewell 78,633 11,843 72.9% Combined 4,106 32,623 21,129 2,079 36,291 19,464

Erewash 71,943 13,432 67.4% Combined 4,695 27,028 18,230 10,161 14,257 5,067

Erith and Thamesmead 70,397 9,431 60.7% Standalone 4,141 83,545 27,973 27,423 33,813 11,709

Esher and Walton 79,894 13,329 71.6% Combined 5,195 51,454 31,018 15,915 13,996 9,149

Exeter 76,968 12,929 70.4% Combined 4,546 37,697 26,230 16,419 8,717 3,079

Falkirk 83,380 10,732 72.4% Standalone 3,926 76,106 33,257 29,065 30,368 1,318

Fareham 77,114 11,505 71.1% Standalone 3,710 44,176 19,707 11,946 11,075 2,237

Faversham and Mid Kent 69,523 11,392 66.0% Combined 3,589 42,358 29,053 16,030 14,511 8,289

Feltham and Heston 82,340 11,482 60.2% Standalone 4,807 90,916 30,508 12,737 34,460 19,878

Fermanagh and South Tyrone 70,108 2,789 73.0% Standalone - 73,079 6,648 23,690 40,802 58,054

Filton and Bradley Stoke 71,310 12,732 69.1% Combined 4,643 27,999 10,354 8,369 9,969 7,477

Finchley and Golders Green 72,530 14,200 70.2% Standalone 3,275 65,154 30,070 33,834 35,812 4,771

Folkestone and Hythe 83,651 16,948 66.1% Combined 4,256 29,607 20,513 8,681 14,798 20,497

Forest of Dean 69,865 11,956 71.1% Combined 3,665 34,366 15,672 12,539 12,054 7,053

Foyle 70,036 936 53.6% Standalone - 60,966 2,756 22,795 36,839 48,009

Fylde 65,679 13,791 66.6% Combined 3,416 28,327 21,998 8,687 9,813 11,342

Gainsborough 74,686 11,163 66.2% Combined 4,619 44,393 13,311 5,892 7,924 12,506

Garston and Halewood 73,719 11,957 66.7% Combined 3,515 22,223 16,768 8,181 14,847 6,413

Gateshead 64,524 19,789 59.0% Combined 3,945 21,273 21,713 4,535 7,393 2,486

Gedling 70,000 11,461 68.8% Combined 4,072 24,089 14,410 11,609 10,002 7,090

Gillingham and Rainham 70,984 11,674 66.6% Combined 3,833 28,800 18,131 7,352 17,390 2,895

Glasgow Central 70,945 9,461 55.5% Standalone 3,437 70,968 29,284 24,118 24,442 5,789

Glasgow East 70,378 9,591 60.3% Standalone 3,346 71,053 30,834 23,825 25,751 7,265

Glasgow North 60,169 7,638 61.5% Standalone 2,849 54,532 25,268 20,576 23,115 7,181

Glasgow North East 66,678 9,149 56.9% Standalone 3,175 71,430 29,183 22,575 24,721 7,235


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lection Glasgow North West 68,418 10,416 64.3% Standalone 3,223 68,185 32,915 22,826 25,073 7,249

Glasgow South 74,051 10,857 66.0% Standalone 3,472 70,386 34,023 24,841 26,632 7,296

Glasgow South West 66,209 9,734 61.9% Standalone 3,161 68,957 30,839 22,201 24,539 7,231

Glenrothes 69,781 11,466 68.3% Standalone 3,994 94,229 36,151 29,377 16,615 2,132

Gloucester 82,968 16,600 63.5% Combined 4,375 35,721 23,324 14,332 13,105 11,760

Gordon 79,393 16,776 73.3% Standalone 3,787 83,263 34,447 25,517 42,883 3,584

Gosport 73,268 9,454 65.2% Standalone 4,025 37,597 23,670 12,586 8,390 4,352

Gower 61,820 11,971 69.3% Standalone 2,989 49,111 20,344 14,801 9,022 9,171

Grantham and Stamford 81,150 14,860 66.5% Combined 4,358 41,978 20,383 14,547 12,003 5,410

Gravesham 72,043 15,257 69.8% Combined 3,781 40,421 25,074 10,071 13,649 4,211

Great Grimsby 59,200 7,377 57.2% Combined 3,221 35,549 14,617 9,502 8,301 2,454

Great Yarmouth 69,793 11,211 63.9% Combined 3,726 28,447 21,880 14,275 8,535 9,462

Greenwich and Woolwich 73,315 10,149 64.0% Standalone 3,848 84,641 31,790 24,493 37,631 13,016

Guildford 75,733 17,304 71.5% Combined 4,013 31,798 40,983 12,173 14,079 7,730

Hackney North and Stoke Newington 88,153 15,429 56.8% Standalone 3,782 116,639 46,986 37,201 47,947 719

Hackney South and Shoreditch 84,971 11,989 56.2% Standalone 3,698 122,464 45,365 36,141 34,920 719

Halesowen and Rowley Regis 66,048 8,951 66.5% Combined 3,566 32,118 9,768 8,614 5,205 3,426

Halifax 70,462 15,634 62.4% Combined 4,208 30,771 22,807 12,028 14,948 7,632

Haltemprice and Howden 71,195 10,790 68.7% Combined 3,694 37,046 9,554 12,916 11,045 660

Halton 72,818 5,402 62.1% Combined 3,795 37,135 11,499 9,126 12,680 7,688

Hammersmith 72,254 12,180 66.6% Standalone 3,490 93,849 31,403 24,378 26,664 14,752

Hampstead and Kilburn 80,195 12,851 67.5% Standalone 3,663 78,458 30,487 35,574 33,962 2,245

Harborough 77,760 14,256 67.7% Combined 4,218 28,214 21,561 12,552 5,740 6,535

Harlow 67,994 9,631 65.3% Combined 3,621 28,343 12,631 12,314 11,475 10,509

Harrogate and Knaresborough 76,408 16,207 70.0% Combined 4,529 31,457 25,396 9,831 11,867 8,495

Harrow East 70,981 14,215 69.2% Standalone 3,481 79,973 37,850 26,973 39,795 11,234

Harrow West 69,644 12,278 67.1% Standalone 3,398 79,586 37,850 26,973 39,036 17,149

Hartlepool 69,947 9,962 56.6% Combined 4,201 26,680 13,916 6,173 7,837 6,055

Harwich and North Essex 69,290 10,202 70.1% Combined 3,753 34,243 22,198 11,769 12,010 4,830

Hastings and Rye 75,095 13,188 68.0% Combined 4,216 46,249 22,845 25,466 15,733 1,951

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Havant 70,573 9,381 63.7% Combined 4,193 23,761 12,260 8,637 8,235 117

Hayes and Harlington 74,874 8,756 60.4% Standalone 3,575 65,915 23,340 15,587 25,391 9,075

Hazel Grove 63,098 12,501 68.7% Combined 3,322 23,978 14,250 11,723 7,781 2,561

Hemel Hempstead 74,616 10,417 66.8% Combined 4,012 26,507 14,980 8,742 12,938 2,998

Hemsworth 72,714 12,339 58.5% Combined 4,423 31,656 16,490 12,013 12,841 6,323

Hendon 75,285 15,505 66.1% Standalone 3,430 73,264 30,070 34,189 35,357 4,906

Henley 77,946 10,183 71.1% Combined 4,490 43,439 31,543 16,810 16,132 8,917

Hereford and South Herefordshire 71,485 11,418 66.4% Combined 3,583 33,661 18,008 10,051 19,135 4,715

Hertford and Stortford 80,610 13,468 70.1% Combined 4,867 30,602 24,641 13,404 6,387 3,375

Hertsmere 73,767 11,241 68.2% Combined 4,151 40,495 23,980 8,481 6,017 3,864

Hexham 59,708 12,556 72.7% Standalone 2,888 49,900 29,134 20,526 6,965 5,809

Heywood and Middleton 79,989 10,738 60.8% Combined 4,211 33,110 16,402 17,725 19,678 12,528

High Peak 73,336 11,917 69.5% Combined 4,407 47,353 21,840 10,553 12,112 5,950

Hitchin and Harpenden 80,333 13,190 69.1% Combined 4,987 34,068 22,986 14,905 12,435 4,357

Holborn and St Pancras 86,764 11,467 63.5% Standalone 4,016 79,448 25,215 36,266 29,252 1,905

Hornchurch and Upminster 79,331 12,276 69.7% Standalone 3,838 66,205 29,061 17,827 18,451 13,323

Hornsey and Wood Green 79,247 11,175 73.1% Standalone 4,737 107,912 32,701 25,475 56,545 10,270

Horsham 79,085 13,580 72.3% Combined 4,398 36,138 18,220 10,317 11,478 5,866

Houghton and Sunderland South 68,324 29,602 56.6% Combined 3,645 23,229 35,284 6,188 16,732 13,310

Hove 73,505 15,156 71.4% Combined 4,564 29,350 15,479 13,043 13,786 9,622

Huddersfield 65,269 10,403 62.3% Combined 3,404 30,588 13,646 10,558 8,888 4,826

Huntingdon 82,593 11,054 67.9% Combined 4,854 51,900 25,908 10,414 8,797 4,747

Hyndburn 68,341 11,838 63.0% Combined 4,054 34,058 24,213 10,158 11,244 6,886

Ilford North 75,294 10,920 65.1% Standalone 3,425 65,069 26,014 25,753 12,047 11,626

Ilford South 91,987 11,508 56.6% Standalone 4,346 73,473 26,311 28,678 11,558 11,851

Inverclyde 59,350 12,869 75.2% Standalone 3,533 57,992 42,191 21,482 23,531 585

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 77,628 15,952 74.3% Standalone 4,560 71,622 30,585 26,002 18,970 11,103

Ipswich 74,499 15,112 65.5% Combined 3,965 32,918 25,510 7,413 13,855 2,604

Isle of Wight 108,804 17,658 64.7% Standalone 5,401 65,116 31,064 35,649 18,743 8,515

Islington North 73,326 9,945 67.4% Standalone 3,383 68,128 24,209 20,833 38,434 2,676


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lection Islington South and Finsbury 68,127 10,200 65.2% Standalone 3,225 64,943 24,209 20,833 38,534 4,491

Islwyn 55,697 8,385 63.6% Standalone 2,691 44,680 18,590 17,619 7,641 5,195

Jarrow 64,002 21,189 60.4% Combined 3,923 29,331 34,404 5,274 10,346 2,123

Keighley 68,865 13,494 71.6% Combined 4,069 29,465 15,308 8,260 12,295 7,518

Kenilworth and Southam 63,957 11,184 76.5% Combined 3,989 40,332 19,311 10,277 19,979 6,499

Kensington 61,133 8,612 57.2% Standalone 3,050 59,054 19,447 23,992 35,790 7,222

Kettering 70,155 16,957 67.5% Combined 3,795 27,792 20,751 11,748 28,939 4,576

Kilmarnock and Loudoun 75,250 11,562 71.8% Standalone 3,824 75,178 44,861 25,502 33,976 8,461

Kingston and Surbiton 81,238 16,010 73.1% Standalone 3,763 99,589 48,013 32,536 44,782 24,400

Kingston upon Hull East 65,710 5,981 53.6% Combined 4,528 32,818 9,924 12,793 8,605 4,345

Kingston upon Hull North 64,148 5,336 55.3% Combined 4,550 27,255 9,892 12,386 8,470 4,231

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 59,100 5,550 54.0% Combined 3,625 28,134 9,272 13,289 7,359 4,132

Kingswood 68,193 12,499 70.8% Combined 4,304 30,016 10,071 8,369 10,520 7,323

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 75,941 13,692 69.7% Standalone 4,347 88,646 42,808 29,377 18,744 2,249

Knowsley 79,108 12,436 64.4% Combined 4,202 43,217 19,379 9,919 11,590 6,436

Lagan Valley 71,152 708 56.2% Standalone - 64,019 2,306 23,155 33,884 38,265

Lanark and Hamilton East 79,962 11,496 69.2% Standalone 4,698 84,518 20,979 28,365 30,734 9,905

Lancaster and Fleetwood 61,922 11,186 67.7% Combined 3,343 22,443 23,572 10,309 7,673 9,910

Leeds Central 81,799 11,607 55.3% Combined 4,217 50,195 17,680 14,249 18,675 8,171

Leeds East 64,754 12,361 59.3% Combined 3,321 42,324 19,708 11,862 15,209 6,687

Leeds North East 69,097 13,356 70.2% Combined 3,523 31,392 20,855 12,497 16,312 5,675

Leeds North West 61,974 13,367 70.2% Combined 3,085 25,580 21,535 10,818 14,967 5,680

Leeds West 64,950 9,720 59.4% Combined 3,314 40,839 15,175 11,738 16,039 6,590

Leicester East 75,430 11,404 64.4% Combined 4,306 23,608 27,617 10,255 21,956 7,092

Leicester South 73,518 9,804 63.0% Combined 4,327 23,293 24,988 9,996 19,917 7,261

Leicester West 63,204 7,828 55.0% Combined 3,742 21,463 21,712 8,594 19,432 7,121

Leigh 75,905 13,656 59.7% Combined 4,168 22,966 15,533 10,372 12,161 2,609

Lewes 69,481 11,944 73.0% Combined 3,640 31,314 18,311 15,726 24,752 9,219

Lewisham East 66,913 8,946 64.3% Standalone 3,214 71,251 26,827 22,441 19,966 2,807

Lewisham West and Penge 72,290 8,708 66.8% Standalone 3,370 76,929 28,203 25,558 19,575 4,820

Lewisham, Deptford 73,428 8,633 64.9% Standalone 3,468 72,496 26,567 24,626 20,189 2,997

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Leyton and Wanstead 64,580 9,381 63.3% Standalone 3,093 73,451 20,005 19,842 26,834 11,076

Lichfield 74,234 8,463 69.5% Combined 4,619 36,021 24,592 14,971 24,225 7,189

Lincoln 74,121 9,894 63.5% Combined 4,505 36,539 16,146 11,366 10,124 7,140

Linlithgow and East Falkirk 86,955 13,850 70.9% Standalone 4,874 77,514 31,515 26,571 24,227 4,046

Liverpool, Riverside 70,829 8,681 62.8% Combined 4,041 27,640 12,158 9,283 12,124 6,412

Liverpool, Walton 61,908 8,625 62.3% Combined 3,283 20,130 12,037 7,186 10,631 6,412

Liverpool, Wavertree 61,549 9,540 66.8% Combined 3,285 19,546 12,741 7,204 10,804 6,412

Liverpool, West Derby 63,651 10,969 64.7% Combined 3,357 22,012 13,321 7,197 10,531 6,413

Livingston 82,373 14,548 70.0% Standalone 4,604 84,652 34,003 22,537 21,865 3,753

Llanelli 59,314 13,329 65.1% Standalone 2,902 64,774 30,426 19,431 22,729 3,966

Loughborough 75,217 11,178 69.4% Combined 4,237 26,888 15,026 8,947 10,939 7,286

Louth and Horncastle 74,870 12,124 67.5% Combined 4,620 45,869 15,137 9,880 9,101 5,207

Ludlow 66,374 10,226 72.6% Standalone 3,562 73,102 24,586 24,469 17,682 11,023

Luton North 67,329 9,000 63.7% Combined 3,539 21,149 6,059 8,392 12,566 3,458

Luton South 67,741 7,907 63.0% Combined 3,572 22,924 6,765 8,850 12,566 3,458

Macclesfield 71,712 13,350 69.5% Combined 3,883 30,817 21,797 7,983 20,918 4,158

Maidenhead 74,187 12,393 72.8% Combined 4,307 38,208 20,140 14,412 19,548 5,624

Maidstone and The Weald 73,181 13,590 68.5% Combined 3,413 34,515 26,572 12,127 14,170 8,016

Makerfield 74,320 14,088 60.4% Combined 4,001 20,150 15,145 10,372 11,419 2,631

Maldon 69,066 10,192 69.8% Combined 4,108 29,696 13,060 9,128 6,398 1,880

Manchester Central 86,078 13,061 52.9% Combined 5,015 49,237 17,151 19,133 32,746 3,228

Manchester, Gorton 72,992 10,782 57.9% Combined 4,052 39,432 15,282 16,426 30,759 3,228

Manchester, Withington 74,102 12,531 67.8% Combined 3,975 41,375 16,912 16,640 30,845 3,228

Mansfield 77,534 12,490 61.0% Combined 4,579 23,507 27,489 9,506 11,503 2,914

Meon Valley 72,738 11,735 71.2% Combined 4,323 38,180 23,497 10,622 16,235 4,263

Meriden 81,928 10,680 64.4% Combined 4,713 27,065 13,048 12,368 4,685 3,982

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 61,716 9,445 53.2% Standalone 3,343 56,244 18,120 16,163 6,465 5,331

Mid Bedfordshire 78,501 13,088 74.3% Combined 4,210 29,601 20,353 6,551 19,432 4,092

Mid Derbyshire 67,477 13,465 70.9% Combined 4,249 22,716 15,942 9,760 24,962 6,661

Mid Dorset and North Poole 64,299 10,643 72.5% Combined 3,874 31,242 18,440 16,466 12,164 10,860

Mid Norfolk 77,154 11,362 68.0% Combined 4,549 35,982 18,375 23,012 18,023 5,310

Mid Sussex 81,034 13,511 71.3% Combined 4,350 30,784 18,881 10,625 26,894 7,368


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lection Mid Ulster 67,832 1,687 60.9% Standalone - 62,770 4,260 22,158 34,772 48,639

Mid Worcestershire 73,069 13,011 71.7% Combined 3,787 38,073 15,927 11,818 14,373 10,046

Middlesbrough 61,873 7,367 53.1% Combined 3,376 23,058 9,065 4,627 14,987 3,931

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 71,154 11,452 64.4% Combined 3,785 24,202 15,898 9,576 18,454 8,240

Midlothian 67,875 12,638 71.3% Standalone 3,827 57,818 32,080 18,538 22,007 18,447

Milton Keynes North 86,826 12,892 66.7% Combined 4,587 33,914 13,024 10,092 26,456 3,394

Milton Keynes South 89,656 15,360 66.0% Combined 4,740 30,981 12,627 10,092 27,533 3,394

Mitcham and Morden 68,474 7,482 66.1% Standalone 3,176 77,723 28,755 24,629 26,429 6,317

Mole Valley 74,038 15,231 74.7% Combined 3,830 43,265 25,999 20,741 10,315 11,514

Monmouth 62,248 9,995 76.4% Standalone 3,573 67,505 26,086 21,040 14,697 7,611

Montgomeryshire 48,690 7,000 69.4% Standalone 3,080 48,110 16,424 15,438 8,432 6,922

Moray 71,685 14,130 68.8% Standalone 4,082 64,020 50,485 24,814 10,670 3,907

Morecambe and Lunesdale 66,985 10,742 64.8% Combined 3,461 26,783 24,370 12,320 8,082 8,449

Morley and Outwood 75,820 12,836 63.8% Combined 3,923 29,951 25,869 10,732 21,742 5,681

Motherwell and Wishaw 70,283 8,532 68.7% Standalone 3,279 112,623 16,270 22,962 25,935 13,738

Na h-Eileanan an Iar 21,769 4,564 73.4% Standalone 2,500 31,337 10,876 1,656 15,872 12,143

Neath 56,097 12,886 66.4% Standalone 2,730 60,183 30,415 19,163 10,886 5,574

New Forest East 72,697 10,395 68.3% Combined 3,862 24,970 11,129 13,438 16,938 5,144

New Forest West 68,446 10,126 69.5% Combined 3,628 26,806 11,410 13,438 11,338 5,426

Newark 73,747 10,003 71.1% Combined 4,442 49,651 19,755 13,415 12,782 7,182

Newbury 79,512 17,229 72.3% Combined 5,125 44,777 14,784 14,597 20,354 7,906

Newcastle upon Tyne Central 58,147 20,975 60.5% Combined 3,186 32,049 24,348 11,878 8,376 3,482

Newcastle upon Tyne East 64,243 19,354 61.3% Combined 3,549 32,450 25,217 12,706 10,518 3,482

Newcastle upon Tyne North 67,902 27,868 66.3% Combined 3,564 32,031 26,687 13,810 8,876 3,482

Newcastle-under-Lyme 67,619 9,262 63.8% Combined 3,670 41,562 36,653 10,773 20,114 3,894

Newport East 56,015 8,421 62.8% Standalone 2,640 42,946 18,745 17,674 8,332 563

Newport West 62,137 11,040 65.1% Standalone 2,934 55,394 22,810 17,828 9,527 3,880

Newry and Armagh 77,633 1,216 64.7% Standalone - 68,278 3,429 25,223 37,329 41,114

Newton Abbot 69,928 12,830 69.3% Combined 4,103 24,406 17,770 12,020 10,691 8,163

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 82,592 13,204 55.8% Combined 5,022 36,731 17,223 13,507 14,346 7,028

North Antrim 75,876 773 55.5% Standalone - 77,950 2,695 24,713 41,734 51,743

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North Ayrshire and Arran 75,791 13,024 71.2% Standalone 4,321 70,071 50,967 25,682 45,698 4,097

North Cornwall 67,192 11,761 71.9% Standalone 3,645 65,174 20,667 22,902 23,984 12,390

North Devon 74,737 11,624 70.2% Combined 4,078 35,996 12,054 9,886 17,756 8,881

North Dorset 73,759 11,219 72.6% Combined 3,730 48,380 10,277 11,212 11,535 4,369

North Down 64,207 644 56.1% Standalone - 58,792 2,165 20,876 32,196 34,934

North Durham 65,359 15,610 61.5% Standalone 3,485 57,184 30,979 13,795 15,674 6,322

North East Bedfordshire 83,551 14,268 70.5% Combined 4,371 30,419 33,842 4,112 21,224 8,514

North East Cambridgeshire 82,990 12,658 62.7% Combined 4,878 32,829 24,359 19,663 12,002 8,367

North East Derbyshire 71,445 11,560 67.3% Combined 4,175 40,953 28,062 13,162 7,633 4,650

North East Fife 62,003 11,162 73.1% Standalone 3,639 81,793 36,346 29,377 17,216 1,998

North East Hampshire 76,918 11,325 70.5% Combined 4,991 32,843 22,044 12,753 13,681 4,241

North East Hertfordshire 74,000 11,784 70.9% Combined 3,814 39,552 31,162 19,091 10,377 8,086

North East Somerset 69,380 12,136 73.9% Combined 3,582 34,235 20,250 12,213 14,320 3,643

North Herefordshire 67,926 9,566 71.0% Combined 3,396 39,435 17,992 12,251 17,160 4,767

North Norfolk 68,867 9,321 72.0% Combined 3,628 46,463 14,902 11,588 14,463 6,207

North Shropshire 78,858 10,490 66.8% Standalone 4,164 73,769 22,774 24,992 14,469 9,632

North Somerset 80,161 12,683 73.8% Combined 4,190 30,635 18,262 14,911 13,877 7,020

North Swindon 80,983 14,918 64.7% Combined 4,204 26,898 19,708 6,310 19,144 12,363

North Thanet 71,478 8,359 66.1% Combined 4,156 29,183 17,396 11,993 17,372 8,363

North Tyneside 79,300 18,629 59.2% Combined 4,946 28,469 25,397 9,506 8,634 5,276

North Warwickshire 70,152 7,803 67.7% Combined 4,057 39,857 11,482 14,374 12,392 5,970

North West Cambridgeshire 90,318 11,732 67.8% Combined 3,639 47,388 20,982 23,809 34,517 2,878

North West Durham 69,816 15,421 61.5% Standalone 3,669 69,754 30,219 15,536 14,357 6,565

North West Hampshire 79,223 13,865 69.9% Combined 4,811 42,792 25,028 17,058 20,421 7,752

North West Leicestershire 72,193 9,997 71.6% Combined 3,820 33,079 16,311 8,142 7,177 5,587

North West Norfolk 74,402 11,144 64.0% Combined 4,511 30,900 12,739 11,858 3,045 6,379

North Wiltshire 67,851 13,534 74.7% Standalone 3,783 59,453 31,083 17,486 27,645 1,111

Northampton North 59,144 11,754 66.8% Combined 3,115 21,543 16,385 11,729 13,106 3,282

Northampton South 61,287 11,815 63.7% Combined 3,111 22,948 16,890 11,608 12,653 3,536

Norwich North 64,515 13,437 67.8% Combined 3,977 25,057 24,736 11,682 16,277 10,421

Norwich South 74,875 16,353 65.0% Combined 3,631 37,168 40,917 20,405 18,025 1,824

Nottingham East 60,464 10,542 58.6% Combined 3,099 23,835 14,213 11,362 8,574 3,757


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lection Nottingham North 65,918 13,557 53.6% Combined 3,359 20,992 16,748 11,858 8,737 3,899

Nottingham South 68,987 12,623 63.3% Combined 3,695 25,403 16,730 12,845 6,356 4,049

Nuneaton 68,037 7,364 67.4% Combined 3,812 48,580 20,131 20,947 11,101 7,110

Ochil and South Perthshire 77,370 12,683 74.9% Standalone 4,425 80,293 39,652 27,204 21,088 20,814

Ogmore 55,572 9,280 63.6% Standalone 3,207 42,583 26,953 20,970 13,302 7,891

Old Bexley and Sidcup 66,035 9,824 71.0% Standalone 3,946 84,272 27,360 23,573 30,246 9,740

Oldham East and Saddleworth 71,475 10,355 62.5% Combined 3,837 24,977 11,976 7,655 14,274 1,679

Oldham West and Royton 71,652 10,445 60.5% Combined 3,856 34,249 11,663 8,334 14,488 1,728

Orkney and Shetland 34,552 6,833 66.0% Standalone 3,035 38,328 14,551 15,186 13,302 5,654

Orpington 68,129 10,310 72.1% Standalone 3,217 76,333 30,063 27,804 37,168 6,911

Oxford East 78,978 6,970 64.4% Standalone 4,166 58,849 18,478 27,860 14,141 9,377

Oxford West and Abingdon 76,174 10,473 75.4% Combined 4,735 34,058 16,081 11,530 15,896 7,001

Paisley and Renfrewshire North 66,206 13,422 76.3% Standalone 3,900 80,424 39,407 22,378 44,416 2,313

Paisley and Renfrewshire South 61,281 13,407 75.5% Standalone 3,654 72,664 36,925 20,656 42,689 2,218

Pendle 64,573 11,727 69.1% Combined 3,882 23,366 16,242 9,732 10,036 4,112

Penistone and Stocksbridge 70,817 14,914 66.5% Combined 1,516 24,035 15,053 14,891 6,937 3,408

Penrith and The Border 65,209 9,591 67.6% Combined 3,869 73,179 29,910 10,618 20,048 17,129

Perth and North Perthshire 72,459 14,006 74.9% Standalone 3,991 68,805 48,718 25,446 37,990 12,154

Peterborough 72,530 12,867 65.1% Combined 3,792 32,832 21,244 14,840 35,518 2,149

Plymouth, Moor View 68,246 13,570 62.6% Combined 3,488 42,021 20,751 9,773 6,807 744

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 73,274 13,242 65.7% Combined 3,521 35,670 20,353 10,739 6,508 644

Pontypridd 58,940 10,725 64.4% Standalone 2,772 35,610 19,574 21,394 10,523 9,352

Poole 72,557 10,519 65.5% Combined 4,388 34,486 17,539 11,306 12,175 6,001

Poplar and Limehouse 82,081 13,962 62.4% Standalone 3,769 82,835 30,107 34,588 41,445 5,267

Portsmouth North 73,105 9,357 62.3% Combined 3,808 29,173 7,977 12,180 7,135 1,973

Portsmouth South 71,639 8,936 58.8% Combined 3,583 27,457 7,977 12,180 7,056 1,973

Preseli Pembrokeshire 57,291 11,058 70.9% Standalone 2,759 62,901 28,503 20,902 20,125 18,182

Preston 59,981 10,122 56.0% Combined 3,141 30,722 21,470 19,931 10,993 4,054

Pudsey 70,533 15,271 72.4% Combined 3,639 35,732 24,841 12,873 15,774 6,611

Putney 63,923 12,831 67.2% Standalone 2,964 70,557 27,026 14,509 19,825 13,906

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Rayleigh and Wickford 77,174 11,990 69.1% Combined 4,634 29,784 19,727 8,690 6,712 3,660

Reading East 73,232 12,553 69.2% Combined 4,755 27,447 21,504 12,140 18,555 33,959

Reading West 72,567 11,988 66.9% Combined 4,455 25,595 21,762 12,140 19,278 39,534

Redcar 64,826 10,614 63.4% Combined 3,425 26,474 19,250 12,439 10,728 3,895

Redditch 65,531 9,348 67.5% Combined 3,540 31,431 13,436 7,456 8,672 28,975

Reigate 73,429 13,551 70.2% Combined 4,426 36,624 16,522 13,064 21,749 12,981

Rhondda 51,811 10,052 61.0% Standalone 2,500 38,178 19,117 19,201 9,195 9,131

Ribble Valley 77,379 11,044 67.7% Combined 4,714 41,849 25,174 13,864 9,655 7,987

Richmond (Yorks) 79,062 14,042 68.5% Combined 5,002 47,109 27,584 14,652 12,730 2,757

Richmond Park 77,303 15,997 76.6% Standalone 3,564 91,363 47,203 27,495 22,717 5,616

Rochdale 77,248 12,652 59.1% Combined 4,098 32,377 17,211 17,498 21,154 12,983

Rochester and Strood 77,119 14,480 68.3% Combined 4,109 37,166 19,694 7,857 16,140 2,870

Rochford and Southend East 71,935 9,730 60.8% Combined 3,853 24,103 15,926 6,657 9,148 3,810

Romford 72,594 11,917 68.0% Standalone 3,525 59,871 29,408 15,990 18,451 12,546

Romsey and Southampton North 66,519 13,537 73.0% Combined 4,085 31,703 23,409 13,555 14,768 5,558

Ross, Skye and Lochaber 54,169 9,748 77.3% Standalone 3,139 92,496 30,531 18,190 18,697 11,427

Rossendale and Darwen 73,779 13,528 66.6% Combined 4,362 30,625 32,041 9,661 16,104 5,070

Rother Valley 74,275 19,810 63.6% Combined 4,698 30,759 24,030 13,407 8,427 6,406

Rotherham 63,698 16,216 59.6% Combined 4,070 29,362 20,839 11,811 8,336 5,909

Rugby 71,655 11,366 68.5% Combined 3,983 42,492 19,606 15,245 8,363 4,935

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner 73,216 12,403 70.2% Standalone 3,571 69,874 23,340 15,587 26,471 11,322

Runnymede and Weybridge 73,771 10,888 68.1% Combined 4,154 37,941 21,549 12,526 14,369 8,361

Rushcliffe 73,278 21,673 75.7% Combined 3,834 34,353 26,065 13,572 20,977 12,395

Rutherglen and Hamilton West 82,830 11,457 69.6% Standalone 4,694 79,331 21,153 28,365 30,634 10,091

Rutland and Melton 79,693 11,132 68.8% Combined 4,937 61,079 20,021 7,690 11,910 6,307

Saffron Walden 80,615 11,649 71.7% Combined 4,908 55,054 26,816 12,169 11,086 6,948

Salford and Eccles 74,291 15,810 58.5% Combined 4,403 41,953 19,677 6,620 11,193 3,445

Salisbury 69,582 12,197 73.0% Standalone 3,881 52,087 29,540 17,486 25,304 1,111

Scarborough and Whitby 73,511 11,787 65.2% Combined 4,480 34,353 24,875 8,852 12,827 11,906

Scunthorpe 64,025 11,729 57.9% Combined 3,456 24,037 13,873 11,823 7,486 827


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lection Sedgefield 62,844 13,442 61.8% Standalone 3,325 43,665 25,378 12,621 19,470 8,088

Sefton Central 67,744 10,884 72.7% Combined 3,202 25,946 16,311 5,370 11,808 9,591

Selby and Ainsty 76,082 13,593 69.6% Combined 4,044 54,967 19,143 10,047 10,481 5,055

Sevenoaks 71,958 10,306 70.0% Combined 4,259 37,562 18,276 7,831 19,956 7,175

Sheffield Central 72,321 11,530 61.4% Combined 1,542 23,651 12,240 11,751 6,900 2,525

Sheffield South East 70,422 14,584 59.3% Combined 1,475 19,914 14,470 10,924 7,094 2,779

Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 70,874 12,766 56.7% Combined 1,512 23,574 12,885 11,182 6,808 3,009

Sheffield, Hallam 72,351 16,029 76.9% Combined 1,505 22,456 15,837 11,477 6,904 3,414

Sheffield, Heeley 67,950 13,719 62.1% Combined 1,447 20,305 14,232 10,781 6,815 3,440

Sherwood 73,349 5,859 69.3% Combined 4,274 30,523 21,825 15,235 10,683 9,398

Shipley 70,464 12,883 71.9% Combined 4,123 29,990 15,456 10,159 12,770 7,634

Shrewsbury and Atcham 76,400 13,184 71.0% Standalone 4,016 73,196 28,615 24,882 15,094 9,916

Sittingbourne and Sheppey 76,018 10,450 65.2% Combined 4,090 36,714 14,360 10,385 11,663 5,527

Skipton and Ripon 76,645 13,213 71.4% Combined 4,944 74,703 22,617 18,784 12,383 10,623

Sleaford and North Hykeham 87,972 11,113 70.7% Combined 5,431 53,145 26,625 17,231 17,045 9,388

Slough 86,366 11,265 56.2% Combined 3,605 43,346 26,601 21,100 9,697 7,147

Solihull 77,956 13,017 70.4% Combined 4,455 26,759 13,075 12,368 4,362 3,456

Somerton and Frome 83,281 16,333 72.6% Combined 5,061 56,525 16,864 10,276 13,924 445

South Antrim 67,425 495 54.5% Standalone - 55,316 1,815 21,938 36,367 44,315

South Basildon and East Thurrock 71,155 8,736 64.2% Combined 3,815 34,180 11,678 9,306 7,258 4,489

South Cambridgeshire 84,132 12,223 73.5% Combined 5,098 60,785 23,158 19,570 16,486 6,581

South Derbyshire 73,923 11,903 68.9% Combined 4,272 30,839 10,215 9,766 9,344 3,753

South Dorset 71,534 9,899 68.1% Combined 3,758 42,293 16,453 15,071 14,797 8,071

South Down 75,220 1,037 57.2% Standalone - 69,748 3,061 24,505 37,854 39,975

South East Cambridgeshire 84,570 10,940 70.6% Combined 5,061 55,639 17,159 12,979 14,669 7,604

South East Cornwall 71,071 13,887 71.2% Standalone 3,891 64,334 24,269 23,052 24,882 5,776

South Holland and The Deepings 76,460 10,937 64.6% Combined 4,982 34,152 14,989 10,196 10,746 5,313

South Leicestershire 76,851 11,223 70.6% Combined 4,844 30,394 22,932 16,559 12,389 10,645

South Norfolk 80,721 14,546 71.0% Combined 4,801 43,133 14,558 16,049 11,395 6,570

South Northamptonshire 85,781 15,838 71.2% Combined 6,042 52,322 28,443 22,158 15,902 9,467

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South Ribble 76,489 15,922 68.7% Combined 4,443 28,430 36,093 12,920 11,870 5,414

South Shields 62,730 20,753 57.9% Combined 3,858 28,463 31,939 5,360 10,329 2,007

South Staffordshire 72,771 9,403 68.4% Combined 3,927 38,982 11,876 8,935 12,068 10,109

South Suffolk 73,836 9,286 70.5% Combined 3,848 35,708 11,866 13,171 9,094 6,809

South Swindon 73,926 13,517 66.8% Combined 3,855 27,830 19,079 8,379 19,293 12,363

South Thanet 70,970 10,138 69.8% Combined 4,171 23,566 14,129 12,005 16,672 4,908

South West Bedfordshire 79,285 10,827 65.0% Combined 4,156 26,792 17,288 6,361 17,441 4,167

South West Devon 71,035 12,596 71.1% Combined 3,663 29,172 21,249 10,894 6,428 645

South West Hertfordshire 79,668 11,508 72.1% Combined 4,144 35,963 16,858 12,478 7,600 3,479

South West Norfolk 76,970 9,959 65.4% Combined 4,521 41,383 11,302 6,878 3,706 6,465

South West Surrey 77,548 12,820 74.0% Combined 4,845 38,338 18,675 9,872 13,392 7,039

South West Wiltshire 73,018 12,348 70.9% Standalone 4,069 64,978 30,586 17,486 23,353 1,111

Southampton, Itchen 72,281 11,519 62.0% Combined 4,427 24,816 15,791 12,313 7,299 9,392

Southampton, Test 70,270 10,695 62.3% Combined 4,173 22,253 15,357 12,313 7,415 7,535

Southend West 66,876 9,468 66.8% Combined 3,563 27,131 14,780 6,657 9,170 3,727

Southport 67,326 13,213 65.8% Combined 3,249 27,121 17,571 6,149 8,971 10,118

Spelthorne 71,592 9,931 68.8% Combined 3,915 40,901 15,109 15,997 26,413 7,685

St Albans 75,825 12,165 72.0% Combined 4,780 31,435 16,023 13,216 12,168 4,820

St Austell and Newquay 76,607 11,955 65.9% Standalone 4,193 59,733 20,606 23,266 23,439 12,053

St Helens North 75,262 12,926 61.7% Combined 3,920 26,234 17,504 8,811 7,716 5,519

St Helens South and Whiston 77,720 15,418 62.5% Combined 4,070 26,640 18,147 10,887 8,151 5,222

St Ives 65,570 13,907 73.8% Standalone 3,622 70,664 25,556 22,905 18,284 9,664

Stafford 68,705 9,375 71.2% Combined 3,332 56,997 18,616 10,851 17,465 6,888

Staffordshire Moorlands 63,104 9,018 67.7% Combined 3,834 44,679 22,624 9,542 14,416 3,095

Stalybridge and Hyde 71,357 15,653 57.8% Combined 3,979 29,723 14,371 10,277 19,907 5,386

Stevenage 70,597 23,906 67.9% Combined 4,877 24,559 32,257 12,808 7,014 9,767

Stirling 67,236 10,020 77.7% Standalone 3,928 68,332 37,845 22,743 14,598 886

Stockport 63,931 10,026 62.2% Combined 3,377 25,805 12,458 11,898 8,209 2,561

Stockton North 66,126 14,336 60.2% Combined 3,523 28,553 25,027 6,257 18,673 6,825

Stockton South 75,111 18,980 69.2% Combined 3,964 26,726 33,240 7,121 18,637 7,211

Stoke-on-Trent Central 60,634 5,850 51.5% Combined 3,979 24,949 6,582 133 11,085 7,701

Stoke-on-Trent North 71,438 7,390 54.3% Combined 4,610 24,140 6,582 133 11,163 13,266


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lection Stoke-on-Trent South 68,091 7,021 57.7% Combined 4,343 28,378 6,582 133 10,863 7,854

Stone 67,339 9,022 70.0% Combined 3,225 44,217 17,129 11,968 15,582 10,825

Stourbridge 69,077 9,531 66.8% Combined 3,619 27,905 9,324 8,147 7,215 3,456

Strangford 64,289 610 53.0% Standalone - 56,220 2,030 20,943 30,548 34,931

Stratford-on-Avon 71,304 13,651 72.4% Combined 3,973 40,580 22,028 11,010 19,088 13,041

Streatham 79,137 9,434 63.3% Standalone 3,466 72,252 21,203 22,710 28,691 4,683

Stretford and Urmston 69,026 18,152 67.5% Combined 3,666 29,147 24,202 13,950 21,184 10,449

Stroud 80,544 14,282 75.7% Combined 4,832 47,024 15,895 15,476 13,514 2,747

Suffolk Coastal 77,816 14,663 71.7% Combined 3,940 39,651 16,272 18,690 22,275 16,107

Sunderland Central 72,950 29,967 57.5% Combined 3,877 25,163 35,774 7,031 18,849 13,343

Surrey Heath 79,515 12,095 68.8% Combined 3,844 32,931 19,017 11,324 11,035 1,018

Sutton and Cheam 69,228 12,444 72.3% Standalone 3,268 59,340 35,961 14,919 19,486 4,661

Sutton Coldfield 74,956 8,365 68.1% Combined 3,553 27,887 17,935 8,983 9,717 6,012

Swansea East 58,011 9,824 58.1% Standalone 2,882 45,097 18,791 13,847 8,682 12,129

Swansea West 58,776 9,741 60.0% Standalone 2,925 47,448 18,756 14,024 8,682 12,129

Tamworth 71,913 12,242 65.7% Combined 4,396 49,553 16,701 17,890 10,757 6,056

Tatton 65,004 13,002 70.0% Combined 3,472 32,068 23,204 7,983 21,138 4,333

Taunton Deane 83,221 14,686 69.7% Combined 4,110 45,639 13,841 12,258 14,761 6,559

Telford 66,166 19,315 61.8% Combined 3,508 23,260 20,719 7,421 7,632 3,078

Tewkesbury 78,910 12,242 70.4% Combined 4,704 44,493 24,525 5,252 11,047 11,187

The Cotswolds 78,290 14,896 72.6% Combined 4,688 53,209 19,444 10,091 15,221 5,537

The Wrekin 65,942 19,200 69.2% Combined 3,450 32,097 20,663 7,421 6,137 3,340

Thirsk and Malton 77,451 13,530 67.8% Combined 4,517 55,546 29,608 11,641 15,608 11,624

Thornbury and Yate 66,066 12,968 73.8% Combined 4,156 30,598 9,534 8,369 9,645 6,946

Thurrock 77,559 11,923 64.1% Combined 4,299 32,867 21,153 12,396 17,950 3,062

Tiverton and Honiton 76,270 10,667 71.0% Combined 3,936 45,814 18,364 12,666 9,378 14,412

Tonbridge and Malling 74,877 11,757 71.9% Combined 3,865 41,383 29,123 9,871 11,340 2,150

Tooting 76,782 12,953 70.0% Standalone 3,495 79,901 30,783 17,060 21,125 16,261

Torbay 76,350 12,581 63.1% Combined 4,511 22,246 9,517 9,808 15,291 4,807

Torfaen 61,896 12,090 61.4% Standalone 2,934 52,801 28,628 20,664 8,021 7,636

Torridge and West Devon 78,621 12,976 72.2% Combined 4,087 50,233 20,560 12,551 14,567 5,539

Totnes 68,630 10,505 68.9% Combined 3,570 31,805 17,596 10,274 7,616 9,622

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Tottenham 70,803 7,228 60.4% Standalone 4,241 95,901 21,491 21,424 45,338 8,676

Truro and Falmouth 73,601 11,062 70.1% Standalone 3,991 61,777 19,560 23,150 23,518 8,205

Tunbridge Wells 73,429 12,692 70.3% Combined 4,426 37,527 26,144 12,826 9,846 5,776

Twickenham 80,250 15,142 77.4% Standalone 3,741 72,435 48,905 28,543 23,624 5,878

Tynemouth 77,524 18,032 69.2% Combined 4,814 33,125 25,397 9,316 8,719 5,276

Upper Bann 80,060 974 59.3% Standalone - 69,622 2,943 26,078 36,884 42,171

Uxbridge and South Ruislip 70,631 9,878 63.6% Standalone 3,464 65,729 23,340 15,587 28,496 9,537

Vale of Clwyd 56,505 10,774 62.5% Standalone 3,386 38,927 23,705 19,810 12,385 9,141

Vale of Glamorgan 72,794 12,687 70.6% Standalone 3,458 92,916 25,788 24,620 21,446 18,495

Vauxhall 82,231 9,921 58.6% Standalone 3,523 62,946 21,203 22,710 27,989 4,645

Wakefield 70,521 12,181 61.1% Combined 4,351 34,582 16,169 11,531 13,343 6,505

Wallasey 65,495 10,837 66.5% Combined 2,807 17,783 13,032 7,150 10,148 5,156

Walsall North 67,080 7,774 55.2% Combined 3,509 34,137 10,261 10,901 11,751 2,779

Walsall South 67,743 8,554 62.1% Combined 3,530 34,266 10,284 10,901 13,299 5,367

Walthamstow 67,015 7,990 62.6% Standalone 3,156 72,477 18,246 20,666 26,893 9,542

Wansbeck 60,705 13,491 63.6% Standalone 3,026 31,622 29,238 20,526 6,956 10,833

Wantage 82,931 10,095 70.6% Combined 4,980 33,594 17,511 11,852 16,219 9,192

Warley 63,738 7,213 59.7% Combined 3,478 26,624 11,976 9,726 5,532 6,541

Warrington North 72,104 11,231 63.3% Combined 3,859 33,742 19,346 10,045 13,426 5,448

Warrington South 84,767 17,065 70.3% Combined 4,484 38,921 26,227 11,841 16,641 3,224

Warwick and Leamington 71,578 10,917 71.0% Combined 4,219 30,134 19,119 8,971 23,563 7,705

Washington and Sunderland West 68,190 27,551 54.9% Combined 3,636 21,600 34,933 6,101 17,452 13,310

Watford 83,535 14,322 67.5% Combined 5,392 43,754 27,819 12,469 16,790 6,936

Waveney 80,166 13,654 65.3% Combined 4,176 31,407 14,812 13,568 11,532 10,291

Wealden 80,236 13,709 71.3% Combined 4,957 38,422 21,744 15,094 19,364 5,655

Weaver Vale 68,407 6,025 68.6% Combined 3,500 22,175 9,068 12,166 14,125 7,210

Wellingborough 74,317 14,101 68.2% Combined 4,267 26,132 25,416 15,280 10,542 4,955

Wells 79,405 14,239 71.9% Combined 4,739 45,639 30,363 32,548 10,353 400

Welwyn Hatfield 73,247 12,317 68.8% Combined 3,881 28,350 22,933 8,017 11,191 3,427

Wentworth and Dearne 74,283 16,990 58.4% Combined 4,737 31,233 22,951 16,798 9,412 7,632

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 73,445 15,893 75.2% Standalone 3,484 84,331 33,283 24,735 43,381 4,686


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lection West Bromwich East 63,637 5,827 59.1% Combined 3,468 27,766 11,460 9,609 5,570 6,526

West Bromwich West 65,524 6,933 53.7% Combined 3,563 24,018 11,886 9,991 5,660 6,541

West Dorset 78,000 11,886 72.6% Combined 4,083 43,816 19,570 12,307 13,022 7,270

West Dunbartonshire 69,208 9,055 74.0% Standalone 3,976 72,317 25,558 25,489 17,737 9,186

West Ham 90,640 10,914 58.5% Combined 4,259 77,965 35,967 23,003 41,157 4,300

West Lancashire 70,906 13,109 70.2% Combined 3,903 50,796 25,211 11,929 13,159 4,468

West Suffolk 76,198 11,443 64.9% Combined 4,978 46,622 14,953 5,722 14,821 2,109

West Tyrone 63,856 1,481 61.1% Standalone - 69,428 3,943 20,805 38,128 56,868

West Worcestershire 73,394 11,550 74.0% Combined 3,681 44,721 14,822 12,548 11,796 5,921

Westminster North 62,346 9,132 63.7% Standalone 3,456 70,201 17,082 22,893 44,291 9,372

Westmorland and Lonsdale 65,857 16,102 74.5% Combined 3,447 45,328 42,120 15,285 11,371 4,149

Weston-Super-Mare 80,309 12,685 65.7% Combined 4,184 39,536 19,112 14,911 18,199 7,225

Wigan 75,990 15,076 59.8% Combined 4,143 22,537 15,248 10,372 11,966 2,433

Wimbledon 65,853 10,377 73.7% Standalone 3,077 77,557 28,755 24,629 25,785 5,991

Winchester 74,119 15,550 74.9% Combined 4,599 39,831 24,476 9,009 14,050 4,025

Windsor 71,538 10,178 70.4% Combined 4,105 32,187 18,458 12,998 15,889 5,624

Wirral South 56,956 9,810 73.7% Combined 2,966 15,343 12,688 6,057 9,102 5,156

Wirral West 55,377 12,160 75.9% Combined 2,870 15,699 13,192 5,991 9,114 5,156

Witham 67,090 9,834 70.6% Combined 3,671 34,902 22,606 14,256 7,647 4,643

Witney 79,767 9,292 73.6% Combined 4,778 44,508 13,709 17,579 40,170 6,051

Woking 74,269 15,116 70.2% Combined 4,161 35,851 28,906 20,825 12,042 2,272

Wokingham 77,881 13,971 72.1% Combined 4,379 36,182 28,716 14,005 14,168 12,120

Wolverhampton North East 61,065 6,368 55.9% Combined 3,209 27,269 12,944 8,671 15,604 6,728

Wolverhampton South East 62,556 5,456 55.8% Combined 3,248 30,892 12,944 8,671 15,604 6,728

Wolverhampton South West 60,368 8,107 66.8% Combined 3,167 28,458 12,944 8,671 15,604 6,728

Worcester 72,461 12,466 68.8% Combined 3,938 53,701 20,686 9,782 21,332 5,890

Workington 58,615 12,903 66.0% Combined 2,940 31,035 32,323 10,073 13,184 82

Worsley and Eccles South 72,177 16,986 58.4% Combined 4,004 39,068 19,677 6,620 11,193 3,445

Worthing West 75,617 13,323 67.4% Combined 5,406 25,324 17,598 13,639 10,697 9,748

Wrexham 50,992 8,448 64.3% Standalone 2,929 32,465 20,486 18,960 10,419 5,874

Wycombe 76,371 11,467 67.8% Combined 4,001 30,750 16,899 18,301 18,905 2,184

Wyre and Preston North 70,637 17,458 70.9% Combined 3,752 33,965 33,761 13,645 5,960 5,494

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Wyre Forest 77,407 11,879 64.0% Combined 4,311 34,930 21,690 7,808 22,596 6,610

Wythenshawe and Sale East 75,994 16,459 57.2% Combined 4,031 41,332 21,286 16,761 36,102 3,228

Yeovil 82,447 18,494 69.3% Combined 5,139 45,076 16,097 8,837 13,924 445

Ynys Môn 49,939 9,440 70.1% Standalone 2,500 53,737 21,086 19,296 7,983 5,403

York Central 75,351 7,232 63.6% Combined 4,156 29,725 13,168 5,678 14,696 5,917

York Outer 78,561 9,655 68.8% Combined 4,067 34,126 15,113 5,258 16,038 6,599 Totals

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(%) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) East Midlands 3,354,204 564,521 66.8% 197,639 1,560,712 930,165 552,035 585,261 287,299

Eastern 4,365,302 670,172 67.8% 244,433 2,018,653 1,127,435 715,564 733,245 315,714

London 5,407,830 799,738 65.6% 263,598 5,793,552 2,088,228 1,797,461 2,303,462 649,070

North East 1,923,727 500,983 61.9% 105,788 996,358 762,007 301,600 379,212 190,378

North West 5,230,395 948,272 64.6% 280,457 2,294,538 1,442,629 806,428 1,076,815 413,230

South East 6,409,317 1,024,774 68.8% 362,285 2,992,162 1,640,974 1,120,139 1,297,850 644,856

South West 4,080,772 697,516 69.7% 229,203 2,299,752 1,101,945 757,668 863,118 444,617

West Midlands 4,102,205 550,405 64.3% 225,645 2,079,899 954,349 615,160 823,781 430,222

Yorkshire and the Humber 3,862,394 695,014 63.5% 203,420 1,822,283 967,771 642,655 640,105 315,846

England 38,736,146 6,451,395 66.2% 2,112,467 21,857,909 11,015,502 7,308,710 8,702,849 3,691,231

Northern Ireland 1,236,765 17,103 58.4% - 1,136,046 50,697 403,317 706,102 797,506

Scotland 4,099,532 719,955 71.1% 214,338 4,466,528 2,038,464 1,369,702 1,818,728 515,767

Wales 2,281,754 404,282 65.8% 118,140 2,101,770 902,828 765,444 460,642 332,268

Great Britain 45,117,432 7,575,632 66.7% 2,444,944 28,426,206 13,956,793 9,443,856 10,982,218 4,539,265

United Kingdom 46,354,197 7,592,735 66.4% 2,444,944 29,562,252 14,007,489 9,847,173 11,688,320 5,336,771

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