UK general elections2017 › Heywood and Middleton

Heywood and Middleton — 2017

Liz McInnes (Labour Party) was elected with 26,578 votes53.3% of 49,865 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.3% 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. 49,865

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Liz McInnes Labour Party 26,57853.3%+3.3 ptsElected
2Chris Clarkson Conservative Party 18,96138.0%
3Lee Seville UK Independence Party 3,2396.5%
4Bill Winlow Liberal Democrats 1,0872.2%

Electorate 79,901 · Turnout 62.4% · Majority 7,617 · Back to 2017 overview

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.