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2017 general election results

Chesterfield

Shows the general election results for Chesterfield, which is a constituency in Derbyshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,069 and a turnout of 66.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Toby Perkins
Majority
9,605
Electorate
72,069
Turnout
66.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 54.8%
Con 34.8%
LD 5.4%
UKIP 3.4%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Toby Perkins  Lab 26,266 54.8 6.9
Spencer Pitfield  Con 16,661 34.8 16.7
Tom Snowdon  LD 2,612 5.4 -8.4
Stuart Bent * UKIP 1,611 3.4 -13.1
David Wadsworth * Green 777 1.6 -1.3
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD UKIP Green TUSC TPP Eng Dem Ind Oth
2005 40.6% 8.3% 47.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9%
2010 39.0% 15.7% 37.8% 3.1% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 47.9% 18.1% 13.8% 16.5% 3.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.8% 34.8% 5.4% 3.4% 1.6% 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%
370 Chesterfield 20.0%
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%
356 Chesterfield 54.8%
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%
448 Chesterfield 66.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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