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2017 general election results

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Shows the general election results for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is a constituency in Highland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 46,868 and a turnout of 65.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LD
Liberal Democrat Gain
Jamie Stone
Majority
2,044
Electorate
46,868
Turnout
65.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
LD 35.8%
SNP 29.2%
Con 22.6%
Lab 12.4%

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 (%)
Jamie Stone  LD 11,061 35.8 0.7
Paul Monaghan  SNP 9,017 29.2 -17.1
Struan Mackie  Con 6,990 22.6 15.8
Olivia Bell  Lab 3,833 12.4 3.5

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year LD SNP Con Lab UKIP Ind Oth SSP
2005 50.5% 13.3% 10.2% 20.9% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 2.0%
2010 41.4% 19.2% 13.0% 24.6% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 35.1% 46.3% 6.8% 9.0% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 35.8% 29.2% 22.6% 12.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
531 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 6.6%
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%
642 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 35.8%
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%
466 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 65.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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