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2017 general election results

Dagenham and Rainham

Shows the general election results for Dagenham and Rainham, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,616 and a turnout of 64.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jon Cruddas
Majority
4,652
Electorate
70,616
Turnout
64.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 50.1%
Con 39.9%
UKIP 7.1%
Green 1.2%
LD 1.0%
BNP 0.5%
Concordia 0.2%

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 (%)
Jon Cruddas  Lab 22,958 50.1 8.7
Julie Marson  Con 18,306 39.9 15.6
Peter Harris  UKIP 3,246 7.1 -22.8
Denis Breading * Green 544 1.2 -0.7
Jonathan Fryer * LD 465 1.0 -0.7
Paul Sturdy * BNP 239 0.5 0.2
Terence London * Concordia 85 0.2 0.2
* 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 UKIP Green LD BNP Concordia Ind Eng Dem Christian Oth
2005 49.2% 33.5% 3.9% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.4%
2010 40.3% 34.3% 3.5% 0.7% 8.6% 11.2% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2015 41.4% 24.4% 29.8% 1.9% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.1% 39.9% 7.1% 1.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
481 Dagenham and Rainham 10.1%
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%
475 Dagenham and Rainham 50.1%
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%
509 Dagenham and Rainham 64.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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