Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Gain

John Lamont

Majority

11,060

Electorate

73,191

Turnout

71.5%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
John Lamont	Con	28,213	53.9	17.9
Calum Kerr	SNP	17,153	32.8	-3.8
Ian Davidson	Lab	4,519	8.6	3.7
Caroline Burgess *	LD	2,482	4.7	-14.0

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	SNP	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	Ind	SJP	Oth	SSP
2005	28.8%	8.6%	15.9%	41.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	1.5%
2010	33.8%	9.2%	10.2%	45.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	36.0%	36.6%	4.9%	18.7%	2.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	53.9%	32.8%	8.6%	4.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
354	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	21.1%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
386	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	53.9%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

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

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
210	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	71.5%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.