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Congleton

Shows the general election results for Congleton, which is a constituency in Cheshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,694 and a turnout of 73.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Fiona Bruce
Majority
12,619
Electorate
76,694
Turnout
73.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 56.6%
Lab 34.2%
LD 5.2%
UKIP 2.3%
Green 1.8%

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 (%)
Fiona Bruce  Con 31,830 56.6 3.3
Sam Corcoran  Lab 19,211 34.2 13.8
Peter Hirst  LD 2,902 5.2 -3.9
Mark Davies * UKIP 1,289 2.3 -11.3
Alexander Heath * Green 999 1.8 -1.9
* 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 UKIP Green Ind
2005 45.4% 27.7% 26.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 45.8% 17.2% 31.9% 4.2% 0.0% 0.5%
2015 53.3% 20.4% 9.1% 13.6% 3.7% 0.0%
2017 56.6% 34.2% 5.2% 2.3% 1.8% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
338 Congleton 22.4%
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%
310 Congleton 56.6%
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%
117 Congleton 73.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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