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Chatham and Aylesford

Shows the general election results for Chatham and Aylesford, which is a constituency in Kent. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,419 and a turnout of 63.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Tracey Crouch
Majority
10,458
Electorate
70,419
Turnout
63.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 57.0%
Lab 33.7%
UKIP 5.0%
LD 2.5%
Green 1.3%
CPA 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 (%)
Tracey Crouch  Con 25,587 57.0 6.8
Vince Maple  Lab 15,129 33.7 10.1
Nicole Bushill * UKIP 2,225 5.0 -15.0
Thomas Quinton * LD 1,116 2.5 -0.7
Bernard Hyde * Green 573 1.3 -1.3
John Gibson * CPA 260 0.6 0.3
* 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 UKIP LD Green CPA TUSC BNP Eng Dem Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship Oth
2005 36.8% 45.1% 3.0% 13.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7%
2010 46.2% 32.3% 3.0% 13.3% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 50.2% 23.6% 19.9% 3.2% 2.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 57.0% 33.7% 5.0% 2.5% 1.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
329 Chatham and Aylesford 23.3%
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%
296 Chatham and Aylesford 57.0%
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%
547 Chatham and Aylesford 63.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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