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Battersea

Shows the general election results for Battersea, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,574 and a turnout of 71%.

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%

Share of the vote

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%

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 (%)
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

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

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%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
566 Battersea 4.4%
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%
563 Battersea 45.9%
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%
233 Battersea 71.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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