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2017 general election results

Dundee East

Shows the general election results for Dundee East, which is a constituency in Dundee City. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,854 and a turnout of 65.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Stewart Hosie
Majority
6,645
Electorate
65,854
Turnout
65.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 42.8%
Con 27.4%
Lab 26.0%
LD 3.8%

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 (%)
Stewart Hosie  SNP 18,391 42.8 -16.9
Eleanor Price  Con 11,746 27.4 12.4
Lesley Brennan  Lab 11,176 26.0 6.1
Christopher McIntyre * LD 1,615 3.8 0.9
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green CISTAP TUSC UKIP SSP Oth
2005 37.2% 12.8% 36.2% 11.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 1.4% 0.3%
2010 37.8% 15.2% 33.3% 10.6% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 59.7% 15.0% 19.9% 2.9% 1.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.8% 27.4% 26.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
422 Dundee East 15.5%
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%
590 Dundee East 42.8%
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%
497 Dundee East 65.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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