Bexleyheath and Crayford (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

David Evennett

Majority

9,073

Electorate

65,315

Turnout

69.2%

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 (%)
David Evennett	Con	25,113	55.6	8.3
Stef Borella	Lab	16,040	35.5	9.3
Mike Ferro *	UKIP	1,944	4.3	-16.7
Simone Reynolds *	LD	1,201	2.7	-0.3
Ivor Lobo *	Green	601	1.3	-0.8
Peter Finch *	BNP	290	0.6	0.6

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	BNP	Eng Dem	Oth
2005	46.5%	34.2%	3.2%	13.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%
2010	50.5%	26.5%	3.6%	12.7%	0.9%	4.7%	1.1%	0.0%
2015	47.3%	26.2%	21.0%	3.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	55.6%	35.5%	4.3%	2.7%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%

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.