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2017 general election results

Banbury

Shows the general election results for Banbury, which is a constituency in Oxfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 83,824 and a turnout of 73.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Victoria Prentis
Majority
12,399
Electorate
83,824
Turnout
73.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.2%
Lab 34.1%
LD 5.6%
UKIP 2.6%
Green 2.0%
Ind 1.5%

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 (%)
Victoria Prentis  Con 33,388 54.2 1.2
Sean Woodcock  Lab 20,989 34.1 12.8
John Howson  LD 3,452 5.6 -0.3
Dickie Bird * UKIP 1,581 2.6 -11.3
Ian Middleton * Green 1,225 2.0 -2.6
Roseanne Edwards * Ind 927 1.5 1.5
* 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 UKIP Green Ind National Health Action Party Oth
2005 46.9% 28.1% 17.5% 2.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5%
2010 52.8% 19.2% 20.4% 5.0% 1.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 53.0% 21.3% 5.9% 13.9% 4.6% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0%
2017 54.2% 34.1% 5.6% 2.6% 2.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
366 Banbury 20.1%
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%
376 Banbury 54.2%
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%
107 Banbury 73.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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