Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

David Mundell

Majority

9,441

Electorate

67,672

Turnout

72.4%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
David Mundell	Con	24,177	49.4	9.6
Mairi McAllan	SNP	14,736	30.1	-8.2
Douglas Beattie	Lab	8,102	16.5	1.8
John Ferry *	LD	1,949	4.0	1.3

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	SNP	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	SSP
2005	36.2%	9.1%	32.3%	20.3%	1.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2010	38.0%	10.8%	28.9%	19.8%	1.4%	1.1%	0.0%
2015	39.8%	38.3%	14.8%	2.7%	2.8%	1.6%	0.0%
2017	49.4%	30.1%	16.5%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
382	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	19.3%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
491	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	49.4%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
166	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	72.4%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.