By-elections · Thursday 23 February 2017
Copeland by-election 2017
Trudy Harrison (Conservative) won the Copeland by-election on 23 February 2017, gaining the seat from Labour with a majority of 2,147. Full result, turnout and swing.
- Majority
- 2,1476.9%
- Turnout
- 51.3%63.8% at the previous election
- Electorate
- 60,602
- Swing
- 6.7 ptsLab to Con
- Result
- Con gain from Lab
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trudy Harrison Elected | Conservative | 13,748 | 44.3% | +8.5 | |
| Gillian Troughton | Labour | 11,601 | 37.3% | −4.9 | |
| Rebecca Hanson | Liberal Democrats | 2,252 | 7.3% | +3.8 | |
| Fiona Mills | UK Independence Party | 2,025 | 6.5% | −9.0 | |
| Michael Guest | Independent | 811 | 2.6% | +3.0 | |
| Jack Lenox | Green | 515 | 1.7% | −1.3 | |
| Roy Ivinson | Independent | 116 | 0.4% | ||
| Valid votes | 31,068 | ||||
| Majority | 2,147 | 6.9% | |||
Change compared with the 2015 general election in Copeland.
Writ issued 23 January 2017. 56th Parliament.
Questions and answers
Who won the Copeland by-election?
Trudy Harrison (Conservative) won on 23 February 2017 with 13,748 votes (44.3%), a majority of 2,147.
What was the turnout at the Copeland by-election?
51.3% of registered electors cast a valid vote.
Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data