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Brecon and Radnorshire

Shows the general election results for Brecon and Radnorshire, which is a constituency in Powys. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 56,010 and a turnout of 73.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Chris Davies
Majority
8,038
Electorate
56,010
Turnout
73.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 48.6%
LD 29.1%
Lab 17.7%
PC 3.1%
UKIP 1.4%

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 Davies  Con 20,081 48.6 7.5
James Gibson-Watt  LD 12,043 29.1 0.8
Dan Lodge  Lab 7,335 17.7 3.0
Kate Heneghan * PC 1,299 3.1 -1.3
Peter Gilbert * UKIP 576 1.4 -6.9
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con LD Lab PC UKIP Green Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship MRLP
2005 34.6% 44.8% 15.0% 3.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 36.5% 46.2% 10.5% 2.5% 2.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.5%
2015 41.1% 28.3% 14.7% 4.4% 8.3% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 48.6% 29.1% 17.7% 3.1% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
378 Brecon and Radnorshire 19.4%
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%
506 Brecon and Radnorshire 48.6%
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%
92 Brecon and Radnorshire 73.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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