UK general elections › 2017 › Makerfield
Makerfield — 2017
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour Party) was elected with 28,245 votes— 60.2% of 46,933 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,933
| 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 | Yvonne Fovargue | Labour Party | 28,245 | 60.2% | +10.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Adam Carney | Conservative Party | 14,703 | 31.3% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Brierley | Independent | 2,663 | 5.7% | — | |
| 4 | John Skipworth | Liberal Democrats | 1,322 | 2.8% | — |
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.