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Bury St Edmunds

Shows the general election results for Bury St Edmunds, which is a constituency in Suffolk. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 86,071 and a turnout of 72.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Jo Churchill
Majority
18,441
Electorate
86,071
Turnout
72.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 59.2%
Lab 29.5%
LD 5.7%
Green 4.2%
Ind 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 (%)
Jo Churchill  Con 36,794 59.2 5.6
Bill Edwards  Lab 18,353 29.5 11.8
Helen Korfanty  LD 3,565 5.7 -0.3
Helen Geake * Green 2,596 4.2 -3.7
Liam Byrne * Ind 852 1.4 1.4
* 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 Green Ind UKIP
2005 46.4% 27.3% 19.8% 3.0% 0.0% 3.5%
2010 47.5% 16.6% 26.4% 4.3% 0.0% 5.1%
2015 53.6% 17.7% 6.0% 7.9% 0.0% 14.7%
2017 59.2% 29.5% 5.7% 4.2% 1.4% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
238 Bury St Edmunds 29.7%
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%
229 Bury St Edmunds 59.2%
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%
171 Bury St Edmunds 72.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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