Central Devon (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

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%

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%

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

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%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.