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2017 general election results

Devizes

Shows the general election results for Devizes, which is a constituency in Wiltshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,184 and a turnout of 70.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Claire Perry
Majority
21,136
Electorate
72,184
Turnout
70.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.7%
Lab 21.0%
LD 9.3%
UKIP 3.4%
Green 3.2%
WR 0.4%

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 (%)
Claire Perry  Con 31,744 62.7 5.0
Imtiyaz Shaikh  Lab 10,608 21.0 8.0
Christopher Coleman  LD 4,706 9.3 1.2
Timothy Page * UKIP 1,706 3.4 -12.0
Emma Dawnay * Green 1,606 3.2 -2.6
Jim Gunter * WR 223 0.4 0.4
* 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 WR Ind LPUK
2005 51.0% 22.4% 22.3% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 55.1% 10.2% 27.0% 4.5% 1.8% 0.0% 1.2% 0.3%
2015 57.7% 13.0% 8.1% 15.4% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.7% 21.0% 9.3% 3.4% 3.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
88 Devizes 41.8%
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%
131 Devizes 62.7%
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%
272 Devizes 70.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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