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Coventry South

Shows the general election results for Coventry South, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,736 and a turnout of 66.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jim Cunningham
Majority
7,947
Electorate
70,736
Turnout
66.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 55.0%
Con 38.1%
LD 2.9%
UKIP 2.2%
Green 1.3%
Ind 0.5%

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 (%)
Jim Cunningham  Lab 25,874 55.0 12.8
Michelle Lowe  Con 17,927 38.1 3.2
Greg Judge * LD 1,343 2.9 -1.2
Ian Rogers * UKIP 1,037 2.2 -10.9
Aimee Challenor * Green 604 1.3 -2.6
Sandra Findlay * Ind 224 0.5 0.5
* 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 Ind TUSC Mainstream SAP Oth
2005 45.8% 30.6% 17.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.9%
2010 41.8% 33.4% 18.0% 3.8% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0%
2015 42.3% 35.0% 4.1% 13.1% 3.9% 0.0% 1.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.0% 38.1% 2.9% 2.2% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
406 Coventry South 16.9%
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%
350 Coventry South 55.0%
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%
449 Coventry South 66.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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