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2017 general election results

Charnwood

Shows the general election results for Charnwood, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,071 and a turnout of 70.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Edward Argar
Majority
16,341
Electorate
78,071
Turnout
70.7%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 60.4%
Lab 30.8%
LD 3.7%
UKIP 2.7%
Green 1.9%
BNP 0.6%

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 (%)
Edward Argar  Con 33,318 60.4 6.1
Sean Kelly-Walsh  Lab 16,977 30.8 8.9
Simon Sansome * LD 2,052 3.7 -3.2
Victoria Connor * UKIP 1,471 2.7 -13.3
Nicholas Cox * Green 1,036 1.9 1.9
Stephen Denham * BNP 322 0.6 -0.4
* 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 UKIP Green BNP
2005 48.3% 29.6% 19.0% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 49.6% 19.7% 21.5% 3.4% 0.0% 5.8%
2015 54.3% 21.9% 6.9% 15.9% 0.0% 0.9%
2017 60.4% 30.8% 3.7% 2.7% 1.9% 0.6%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
239 Charnwood 29.6%
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%
193 Charnwood 60.4%
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%
245 Charnwood 70.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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