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Chippenham

Shows the general election results for Chippenham, which is a constituency in Wiltshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,432 and a turnout of 74.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Michelle Donelan
Majority
16,630
Electorate
76,432
Turnout
74.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.7%
LD 25.6%
Lab 19.7%

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 (%)
Michelle Donelan  Con 31,267 54.7 7.2
Helen Belcher  LD 14,637 25.6 -3.8
Andrew Newman  Lab 11,236 19.7 11.4

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con LD Lab UKIP Green BNP English Democrats Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
2005 37.7% 42.4% 16.8% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 41.0% 45.8% 6.9% 3.4% 0.9% 1.2% 0.6% 0.2%
2015 47.6% 29.4% 8.2% 10.6% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.7% 25.6% 19.7% 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%
252 Chippenham 29.1%
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%
359 Chippenham 54.7%
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%
59 Chippenham 74.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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