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2017 general election results

Cambridge

Shows the general election results for Cambridge, which is a constituency in Cambridgeshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,544 and a turnout of 71.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Daniel Zeichner
Majority
12,661
Electorate
78,544
Turnout
71.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 51.9%
LD 29.3%
Con 16.3%
Green 2.3%
Rebooting Democracy 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 (%)
Daniel Zeichner  Lab 29,032 51.9 15.9
Julian Huppert  LD 16,371 29.3 -5.6
John Haywood  Con 9,133 16.3 0.7
Stuart Tuckwood * Green 1,265 2.3 -5.7
Keith Garrett * Rebooting Democracy 133 0.2 -0.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab LD Con Green Rebooting Democracy UKIP TUSC Ind Oth
2005 32.5% 44.8% 17.3% 2.9% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2010 24.3% 39.1% 25.6% 7.6% 0.0% 2.4% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 36.0% 34.9% 15.7% 7.9% 0.4% 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 51.9% 29.3% 16.3% 2.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
335 Cambridge 22.6%
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%
435 Cambridge 51.9%
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%
219 Cambridge 71.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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