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2017 general election results

Bolton West

Shows the general election results for Bolton West, which is a constituency in North West. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,797 and a turnout of 70.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Chris Green
Majority
936
Electorate
72,797
Turnout
70.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 47.9%
Lab 46.1%
UKIP 3.1%
LD 2.9%

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 (%)
Chris Green  Con 24,459 47.9 7.3
Julie Hilling  Lab 23,523 46.1 7.1
Martin Tighe * UKIP 1,587 3.1 -12.2
Rebecca Forrest * LD 1,485 2.9 -1.1
* 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 UKIP LD Ind TUSC Green You Oth
2005 33.4% 45.4% 1.4% 18.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 38.3% 38.5% 4.0% 17.2% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 40.6% 39.0% 15.3% 4.0% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 47.9% 46.1% 3.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
603 Bolton West 1.8%
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%
523 Bolton West 47.9%
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%
270 Bolton West 70.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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