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2017 general election results

Arundel and South Downs

Shows the general election results for Arundel and South Downs, which is a constituency in West Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 79,478 and a turnout of 75.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nick Herbert
Majority
23,883
Electorate
79,478
Turnout
75.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.4%
Lab 22.7%
LD 7.9%
Green 4.2%
UKIP 2.8%

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 (%)
Nick Herbert  Con 37,573 62.4 1.6
Caroline Fife  Lab 13,690 22.7 11.5
Shweta Kapadia  LD 4,783 7.9 0.7
Johanna Prior * Green 2,542 4.2 -2.2
John Wallace * UKIP 1,668 2.8 -11.7
* 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 UKIP Oth
2005 50.3% 17.3% 26.5% 0.0% 5.3% 0.6%
2010 57.8% 8.6% 27.9% 0.0% 5.7% 0.0%
2015 60.8% 11.2% 7.2% 6.4% 14.4% 0.0%
2017 62.4% 22.7% 7.9% 4.2% 2.8% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
110 Arundel and South Downs 39.6%
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%
140 Arundel and South Downs 62.4%
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%
41 Arundel and South Downs 75.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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