Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Dan Poulter

Majority

17,185

Electorate

78,116

Turnout

72.4%

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 (%)
Dan Poulter	Con	33,992	60.1	4.1
Elizabeth Hughes	Lab	16,807	29.7	10.9
Aidan Van de Weyer *	LD	2,431	4.3	-1.8
Regan Scott *	Green	1,659	2.9	-2.0
Stephen Searle *	UKIP	1,635	2.9	-10.9

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	LD	Green	UKIP	ED	Ind	NP
2005	44.5%	28.5%	20.2%	3.3%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	50.8%	16.2%	25.0%	2.7%	4.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%
2015	56.1%	18.8%	6.1%	4.9%	13.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	60.1%	29.7%	4.3%	2.9%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
221	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	30.4%
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%
202	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	60.1%
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%
165	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	72.4%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.