UK general elections › 2017 › Burnley
Burnley — 2017
Julie Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 18,832 votes— 46.7% of 40,290 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,290
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julie Cooper | Labour Party | 18,832 | 46.7% | −3.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul White | Conservative Party | 12,479 | 31.0% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | 6,046 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Commis | UK Independence Party | 2,472 | 6.1% | — | |
| 5 | Laura Fisk | Green Party | 461 | 1.1% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.