Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Nick Gibb

Majority

17,494

Electorate

75,827

Turnout

67.7%

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 (%)
Nick Gibb	Con	30,276	59.0	7.6
Alan Butcher	Lab	12,782	24.9	11.1
Francis Oppler	LD	3,352	6.5	-2.5
Paul Sanderson *	Ind	2,088	4.1	4.1
Patrick Lowe *	UKIP	1,861	3.6	-18.1
Andrew Bishop *	Green	993	1.9	-2.2

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	LD	Ind	UKIP	Green	BNP
2005	45.2%	25.0%	21.9%	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	51.4%	14.0%	23.5%	0.5%	6.5%	0.0%	4.0%
2015	51.3%	13.8%	9.0%	0.0%	21.7%	4.1%	0.0%
2017	59.0%	24.9%	6.5%	4.1%	3.6%	1.9%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
174	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	34.1%
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%
235	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	59.0%
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%
386	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	67.7%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.