Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Simon Hart

Majority

3,110

Electorate

58,565

Turnout

72.1%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Simon Hart	Con	19,771	46.8	3.1
Marc Tierney	Lab	16,661	39.5	10.8
Abi Thomas	PC	3,933	9.3	-1.1
Alistair Cameron *	LD	956	2.3	-0.1
Phil Edwards *	UKIP	905	2.1	-9.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	PC	LD	UKIP	Green	Ind	Oth
2005	31.3%	36.7%	15.5%	14.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2010	41.1%	32.7%	10.4%	12.1%	2.8%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%
2015	43.7%	28.7%	10.4%	2.4%	11.6%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	46.8%	39.5%	9.3%	2.3%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
517	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	7.4%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
548	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	46.8%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
180	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	72.1%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.