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2017 general election results

Cardiff West

Shows the general election results for Cardiff West, which is a constituency in Cardiff. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,775 and a turnout of 69.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Kevin Brennan
Majority
12,551
Electorate
66,775
Turnout
69.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 56.7%
Con 29.8%
PC 9.5%
LD 2.6%
UKIP 1.5%

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 (%)
Kevin Brennan  Lab 26,425 56.7 16.0
Matt Smith  Con 13,874 29.8 4.6
Michael Deem  PC 4,418 9.5 -4.4
Alex Meredith * LD 1,214 2.6 -2.1
Richard Lewis * UKIP 698 1.5 -9.7
* 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 LD UKIP Green TUSC Oth
2005 44.9% 22.6% 12.9% 17.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 41.2% 29.6% 7.0% 17.5% 2.7% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 40.7% 25.2% 13.9% 4.7% 11.2% 3.9% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 56.7% 29.8% 9.5% 2.6% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
283 Cardiff West 26.9%
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%
308 Cardiff West 56.7%
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%
285 Cardiff West 69.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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