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Great Britain

Shows the general election results for Great Britain, which is a country in the United Kingdom. It is comprised of 3 countries (showhide). In 2015 it had a total electorate of 45,117,432 and a turnout of 66.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

Electorate
45,117,432
Turnout
66.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
Con 37.7%
Lab 31.2%
SNP 4.9%
LD 8.1%
UKIP 12.9%
Green 3.8%
Others 1.5%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

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

Party Con Lab SNP LD UKIP Green Others Total
Seats won 330 232 56 8 1 1 4 632
Change +24 -26 +50 -49 +1 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 11,291 9,347 1,454 2,416 3,863 1,151 458 29,979
% vote 37.7% 31.2% 4.9% 8.1% 12.9% 3.8% 1.5% 100.0%
Change +0.8% +1.5% +3.2% -15.5% +9.7% +2.9% -2.5% 0%
Candidates 631 631 59 631 614 568 699 3,833
Deposits lost 3 3 0 341 73 439 654 1,513

Share of the vote by party 1992 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab SNP LD UKIP Green Others
1992 42.8% 35.2% 0.0% 18.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7%
1997 31.5% 44.3% 0.0% 17.2% 0.0% 0.0% 7.1%
2001 32.7% 42.0% 0.0% 18.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.5%
2005 33.2% 36.1% 0.0% 22.6% 0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
2010 36.9% 29.7% 1.7% 23.6% 3.2% 1.0% 4.0%
2015 37.7% 31.2% 4.9% 8.1% 12.9% 3.8% 1.5%

Seats won by party 1992 - 2015

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year Con Lab SNP LD UKIP Green Others
1992 336 271 0 20 0 0 7
1997 165 418 0 46 0 0 12
2001 166 412 0 52 0 0 11
2005 210 348 0 62 0 0 12
2010 306 258 6 57 0 1 4
2015 330 232 56 8 1 1 4

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.5%
1 Liverpool, Walton 72.3%
2 Knowsley 68.3%
3 Liverpool, West Derby 66.7%
4 East Ham 65.5%
5 Bootle 63.6%

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

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 24.5%
1 Gower 0.1%
2 Derby North 0.1%
3 City of Chester 0.2%
4 Croydon Central 0.3%
5 Ealing Central and Acton 0.5%

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: 50.1%
1 Liverpool, Walton 81.3%
2 Knowsley 78.1%
3 East Ham 77.6%
4 Liverpool, West Derby 75.2%
5 Bootle 74.5%

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

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 50.1%
1 Southport 31.0%
2 Ynys Môn 31.1%
3 Thurrock 33.7%
4 Portsmouth South 34.8%
5 Carshalton and Wallington 34.9%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.4%
1 East Dunbartonshire 81.9%
2 East Renfrewshire 81.1%
3 Stirling 77.5%
4 Twickenham 77.3%
5 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 77.2%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 66.4%
1 Stoke-on-Trent Central 51.3%
2 Blackley and Broughton 51.6%
3 Manchester Central 52.7%
4 Birmingham, Ladywood 52.7%
5 Middlesbrough 52.9%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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