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2017 general election results

Aberdeen South

Shows the general election results for Aberdeen South, which is a constituency in Aberdeen City. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,964 and a turnout of 68.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Ross Thomson
Majority
4,752
Electorate
64,964
Turnout
68.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 42.1%
SNP 31.5%
Lab 20.5%
LD 5.9%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Ross Thomson  Con 18,746 42.1 19.3
Callum McCaig  SNP 13,994 31.5 -10.2
Callum O'Dwyer  Lab 9,143 20.5 -6.2
Jenny Wilson  LD 2,610 5.9 1.2

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con SNP Lab LD Green UKIP Ind BNP SACL SSP
2005 17.1% 9.9% 36.7% 33.5% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2010 20.7% 11.9% 36.5% 28.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 22.8% 41.6% 26.8% 4.6% 2.0% 1.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.1% 31.5% 20.5% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
474 Aberdeen South 10.7%
650 North East Fife 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: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
599 Aberdeen South 42.1%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
351 Aberdeen South 68.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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