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Beckenham

Shows the general election results for Beckenham, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,925 and a turnout of 76%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Bob Stewart
Majority
15,087
Electorate
67,925
Turnout
76%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 59.3%
Lab 30.1%
LD 7.9%
Green 2.7%

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 (%)
Bob Stewart  Con 30,632 59.3 2.0
Marina Ahmad  Lab 15,545 30.1 10.7
Julie Ireland  LD 4,073 7.9 1.0
Ruth Fabricant * Green 1,380 2.7 -1.2
* 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 BNP Eng Dem Oth
2005 59.7% 19.3% 16.1% 0.0% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0%
2010 57.9% 14.5% 20.6% 1.3% 3.3% 2.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 57.3% 19.4% 6.9% 3.8% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.3% 30.1% 7.9% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
249 Beckenham 29.2%
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%
226 Beckenham 59.3%
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%
37 Beckenham 76.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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