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2017 general election results

City of Chester

Shows the general election results for City of Chester, which is a constituency in Cheshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,859 and a turnout of 77.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Christian Matheson
Majority
9,176
Electorate
72,859
Turnout
77.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 56.8%
Con 40.5%
LD 2.7%

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 (%)
Christian Matheson  Lab 32,023 56.8 13.5
Will Gallagher  Con 22,847 40.5 -2.6
Lizzie Jewkes * LD 1,551 2.7 -2.9
* 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 Eng Dem Green Ind Oth
2005 39.0% 36.8% 21.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 35.1% 40.6% 19.1% 2.6% 1.3% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 43.2% 43.1% 5.6% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.8% 40.5% 2.7% 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%
413 City of Chester 16.3%
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%
304 City of Chester 56.8%
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%
15 City of Chester 77.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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