Battersea (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Gain

Marsha De Cordova

Majority

2,416

Electorate

77,574

Turnout

71%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2017
Lab	45.9%
Con	41.5%
LD	8.0%
Ind	2.2%
Green	1.6%
UKIP	0.6%
The Socialist Party of Great Britain	0.1%

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Marsha De Cordova	Lab	25,292	45.9	9.1
Jane Ellison	Con	22,876	41.5	-10.8
Richard Davis	LD	4,401	8.0	3.6
Chris Coghlan *	Ind	1,234	2.2	2.2
Lois Davis *	Green	866	1.6	-1.7
Eugene Power *	UKIP	357	0.6	-2.5
Daniel Lambert *	The Socialist Party of Great Britain	32	0.1	0.1

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	LD	Ind	Green	UKIP	The Socialist Party of Great Britain
2005	40.7%	39.9%	14.5%	0.0%	4.2%	0.8%	0.0%
2010	35.1%	47.3%	14.7%	0.3%	1.1%	1.0%	0.0%
2015	36.8%	52.4%	4.4%	0.0%	3.3%	3.1%	0.0%
2017	45.9%	41.5%	8.0%	2.2%	1.6%	0.6%	0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.