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2017 general election results

Amber Valley

Shows the general election results for Amber Valley, which is a constituency in Derbyshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,065 and a turnout of 67.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nigel Mills
Majority
8,300
Electorate
68,065
Turnout
67.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 56.5%
Lab 38.4%
LD 2.4%
Green 1.4%
Ind 1.2%

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 (%)
Nigel Mills  Con 25,905 56.5 12.6
James Dawson  Lab 17,605 38.4 3.6
Kate Smith * LD 1,100 2.4 -0.6
Matt McGuinness * Green 650 1.4 -1.0
Daniel Bamford * Ind 551 1.2 1.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green Ind UKIP BNP MRLP Oth
2005 33.9% 46.5% 12.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 5.6%
2010 38.6% 37.4% 14.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 7.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 44.0% 34.8% 3.0% 2.4% 0.0% 15.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.5% 38.4% 2.4% 1.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
395 Amber Valley 18.1%
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%
311 Amber Valley 56.5%
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%
408 Amber Valley 67.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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