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2017 general election results

Arfon

Shows the general election results for Arfon, which is a constituency in Gwynedd. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 41,367 and a turnout of 68.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

PC
Plaid Cymru Hold
Hywel Williams
Majority
92
Electorate
41,367
Turnout
68.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
PC 40.8%
Lab 40.5%
Con 16.4%
LD 2.3%

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 (%)
Hywel Williams  PC 11,519 40.8 -3.1
Mary Griffiths Clarke  Lab 11,427 40.5 10.2
Phillippa Parry  Con 4,614 16.4 3.2
Calum Davies * LD 648 2.3 -0.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year PC Lab Con LD UKIP SLP
2005 32.1% 33.9% 16.4% 15.7% 1.9% 0.0%
2010 36.0% 30.4% 16.9% 14.1% 2.6% 0.0%
2015 43.9% 30.3% 13.1% 2.7% 8.5% 1.5%
2017 40.8% 40.5% 16.4% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
638 Arfon 0.3%
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%
607 Arfon 40.8%
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%
365 Arfon 68.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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