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2017 general election results

Caerphilly

Shows the general election results for Caerphilly, which is a constituency in Caerphilly. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,381 and a turnout of 64.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Wayne David
Majority
12,078
Electorate
64,381
Turnout
64.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 54.5%
Con 25.2%
PC 14.4%
UKIP 3.0%
LD 1.8%
Green 1.1%

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 (%)
Wayne David  Lab 22,491 54.5 10.1
Jane Pratt  Con 10,413 25.2 8.6
Lindsay Whittle  PC 5,962 14.4 -0.2
Liz Wilks * UKIP 1,259 3.0 -16.3
Kay David * LD 725 1.8 -0.6
Andrew Creak * Green 447 1.1 -1.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con PC UKIP LD Green TUSC BNP Oth
2005 55.4% 14.7% 18.1% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8%
2010 44.9% 17.1% 16.7% 2.4% 14.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4.2% 0.0%
2015 44.3% 16.6% 14.6% 19.3% 2.3% 2.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.5% 25.2% 14.4% 3.0% 1.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
248 Caerphilly 29.2%
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%
367 Caerphilly 54.5%
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%
533 Caerphilly 64.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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