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Boston and Skegness

Shows the general election results for Boston and Skegness, which is a constituency in Lincolnshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,402 and a turnout of 62.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Matt Warman
Majority
16,572
Electorate
68,402
Turnout
62.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 63.6%
Lab 25.0%
UKIP 7.7%
LD 1.8%
Green 1.3%
Blue Revolution 0.7%

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 (%)
Matt Warman  Con 27,271 63.6 19.8
Paul Kenny  Lab 10,699 25.0 8.5
Paul Nuttall  UKIP 3,308 7.7 -26.1
Philip Smith * LD 771 1.8 -0.5
Victoria Percival * Green 547 1.3 -0.6
Mike Gilbert * Blue Revolution 283 0.7 0.7
* 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 Green Blue Revolution Independence from Europe Ind The Pilgrim Party BNP Oth
2005 46.3% 31.5% 9.5% 9.3% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
2010 49.4% 20.6% 9.5% 14.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 5.3% 0.0%
2015 43.8% 16.5% 33.8% 2.3% 1.8% 0.0% 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 63.6% 25.0% 7.7% 1.8% 1.3% 0.7% 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%
118 Boston and Skegness 38.6%
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%
111 Boston and Skegness 63.6%
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%
571 Boston and Skegness 62.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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