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Blaenau Gwent

Shows the general election results for Blaenau Gwent, which is a constituency in Blaenau Gwent. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 51,227 and a turnout of 63.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Nick Smith
Majority
11,907
Electorate
51,227
Turnout
63.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 58.0%
PC 21.2%
Con 14.8%
UKIP 3.0%
Ind 2.1%
LD 0.9%

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 (%)
Nick Smith  Lab 18,787 58.0 0.0
Nigel Copner  PC 6,880 21.2 12.3
Tracey West  Con 4,783 14.8 4.0
Dennis May * UKIP 973 3.0 -14.9
Vicki Browning * Ind 666 2.1 2.1
Cameron Sullivan * LD 295 0.9 -1.0
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab PC Con UKIP Ind LD Green BNP SLP Oth
2005 32.3% 2.4% 2.3% 0.5% 0.0% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 58.2%
2010 52.4% 4.1% 7.0% 1.5% 19.9% 10.1% 0.0% 3.7% 1.2% 0.0%
2015 58.0% 9.0% 10.8% 17.9% 0.0% 2.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.0% 21.2% 14.8% 3.0% 2.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
141 Blaenau Gwent 36.8%
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%
267 Blaenau Gwent 58.0%
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%
558 Blaenau Gwent 63.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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