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Brentwood and Ongar

Shows the general election results for Brentwood and Ongar, which is a constituency in Essex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,067 and a turnout of 70.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alex Burghart
Majority
24,002
Electorate
75,067
Turnout
70.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 65.8%
Lab 20.4%
LD 8.4%
UKIP 3.5%
Green 1.7%
Ind 0.2%

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 (%)
Alex Burghart  Con 34,811 65.8 7.0
Gareth Barrett  Lab 10,809 20.4 7.9
Karen Chilvers  LD 4,426 8.4 -0.5
Michael McGough * UKIP 1,845 3.5 -13.3
Paul Jeater * Green 915 1.7 -1.0
Louca Kousoulou * Ind 104 0.2 0.2
* 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 LD UKIP Green Ind Eng Dem BNP Oth
2005 54.0% 14.8% 26.8% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 56.9% 9.9% 23.5% 4.0% 1.2% 0.5% 1.0% 2.9% 0.0%
2015 58.8% 12.5% 8.8% 16.8% 2.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 65.8% 20.4% 8.4% 3.5% 1.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
62 Brentwood and Ongar 45.4%
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%
68 Brentwood and Ongar 65.8%
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%
254 Brentwood and Ongar 70.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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