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Central Devon

Shows the general election results for Central Devon, which is a constituency in Devon. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,370 and a turnout of 77.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Mel Stride
Majority
15,680
Electorate
74,370
Turnout
77.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.1%
Lab 27.0%
LD 11.7%
Green 2.6%
UKIP 2.3%
National Health Action Party 1.5%
Lib 0.8%

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 (%)
Mel Stride  Con 31,278 54.1 1.8
Lisa Robillard Webb  Lab 15,598 27.0 14.1
Alex White  LD 6,770 11.7 -0.5
Andy Williamson * Green 1,531 2.6 -6.3
Tim Matthews * UKIP 1,326 2.3 -10.9
John Dean * National Health Action Party 871 1.5 1.5
Lloyd Knight * Lib 470 0.8 0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP National Health Action Party Lib Ind
2005 43.8% 11.6% 38.8% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 51.5% 6.9% 34.4% 1.9% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 52.2% 12.8% 12.2% 8.9% 13.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2017 54.1% 27.0% 11.7% 2.6% 2.3% 1.5% 0.8% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
281 Central Devon 27.1%
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%
382 Central Devon 54.1%
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%
12 Central Devon 77.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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