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West Dunbartonshire

Shows the general election results for West Dunbartonshire, which is a constituency in West Dunbartonshire. In 2005 it had a total electorate of 67,853 and a turnout of 61.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2005 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Notional Candidate
Majority
12,553
Electorate
67,853
Turnout
61.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2005
Lab 51.9%
SNP 21.8%
LD 14.4%
Con 6.4%
SSP 4.1%
UKIP 0.9%
Oth 0.5%

Party results

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Notional Candidate  Lab 21,600 51.9
Notional Candidate  SNP 9,047 21.8
Notional Candidate  LD 5,999 14.4
Notional Candidate  Con 2,679 6.4
Notional Candidate * SSP 1,708 4.1
Notional Candidate * UKIP 354 0.9
Notional Candidate * Oth 202 0.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Highest and lowest 2005

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 18.3%
1 Easington 58.4%
112 West Dunbartonshire 30.2%
650 Gillingham and Rainham 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 47.6%
1 Knowsley 71.8%
150 West Dunbartonshire 51.9%
650 Ochil and South Perthshire 31.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 61.1%
1 West Dorset 76.4%
352 West Dunbartonshire 61.3%
650 South Staffordshire 37.6%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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