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Chichester

Shows the general election results for Chichester, which is a constituency in West Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 84,991 and a turnout of 70.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Gillian Keegan
Majority
22,621
Electorate
84,991
Turnout
70.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 60.1%
Lab 22.4%
LD 11.3%
Green 3.3%
UKIP 2.8%
Patria 0.1%

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 (%)
Gillian Keegan  Con 36,032 60.1 2.5
Mark Farwell  Lab 13,411 22.4 10.2
Jonathan Brown  LD 6,749 11.3 2.7
Heather Barrie * Green 1,992 3.3 -3.2
Andrew Moncreiff * UKIP 1,650 2.8 -12.2
Andrew Emerson * Patria 84 0.1 0.0
* 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 Green UKIP Patria
2005 48.0% 18.6% 27.7% 0.0% 5.8% 0.0%
2010 55.3% 10.5% 27.4% 0.0% 6.8% 0.0%
2015 57.7% 12.1% 8.5% 6.5% 14.9% 0.2%
2017 60.1% 22.4% 11.3% 3.3% 2.8% 0.1%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
131 Chichester 37.8%
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%
203 Chichester 60.1%
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%
253 Chichester 70.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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