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Copeland

Every general election and by-election in Copeland since 1983 (until 2019). Latest: Trudy Harrison, Conservative, majority 5,842.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Trudy Harrison Elected sitting MPConservative22,85653.8%
Tony LywoodLabour17,01440.0%
John StudholmeLiberal Democrats1,8884.4%
Jack LenoxGreen7651.8%
Valid votes42,523
Majority5,84213.7%

Con hold Turnout 68.9% of 61,693 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1983198719921997200120052010201520172019Labour, 1983: 44.2%Labour, 1987: 47.2%Labour, 1992: 48.7%Labour, 1997: 58.2%Labour, 2001: 51.8%Labour, 2005: 50.5%Labour, 2010: 46.0%Labour, 2015: 42.3%Labour, 2017: 45.1%Labour, 2019: 40.0%Conservative, 1983: 39.9%Conservative, 1987: 43.0%Conservative, 1992: 43.4%Conservative, 1997: 29.2%Conservative, 2001: 37.5%Conservative, 2005: 31.7%Conservative, 2010: 37.1%Conservative, 2015: 35.8%Conservative, 2017: 49.1%Conservative, 2019: 53.8%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 7.7%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 9.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 10.7%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 11.5%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 10.2%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.5%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 3.3%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 4.4%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 15.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 9.1%UK Independence Party, 2010: 2.3%UK Independence Party, 2015: 15.5%UK Independence Party, 2017: 2.6%
Vote share in Copeland at each general election Lab Con LD Alliance UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Copeland (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Trudy HarrisonLab5,84213.768.9%Con hold
2017Con Trudy HarrisonLab1,6954.069.5%Con gain from Lab
By-election Feb 2017Con Trudy HarrisonLab2,1476.951.3%Con gain from Lab
2015Lab Jamie ReedCon2,5646.563.8%Lab hold
2010Lab Jamie ReedCon3,8339.067.8%Lab hold
2005LabCon6,32018.761.8%
2001LabCon4,96414.364.9%Lab hold
1997LabCon11,99629.076.3%
1992LabCon2,4395.383.5%Lab hold
1987LabCon1,8944.381.3%Lab hold
1983LabCon1,8374.377.1%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Copeland?

Trudy Harrison (Conservative) won Copeland at the 2019 general election with a majority of 5,842.

Which parties have won Copeland?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1983: Labour 8, Conservative 2.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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