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2017 general election results

East Surrey

Shows the general election results for East Surrey, which is a constituency in Surrey. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 82,004 and a turnout of 72.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Sam Gyimah
Majority
23,914
Electorate
82,004
Turnout
72.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 59.6%
Lab 19.2%
LD 10.5%
Ind 5.0%
UKIP 3.8%
Green 1.9%

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 (%)
Sam Gyimah  Con 35,310 59.6 2.2
Hitesh Tailor  Lab 11,396 19.2 7.4
David Lee  LD 6,197 10.5 1.2
Andy Parr  Ind 2,973 5.0 4.4
Helena Windsor * UKIP 2,227 3.8 -13.3
Benedict Southworth * Green 1,100 1.9 -2.0
* 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 Ind UKIP Green MRLP Oth
2005 56.2% 14.8% 23.8% 0.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2010 56.7% 9.0% 25.9% 0.7% 6.9% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0%
2015 57.4% 11.8% 9.2% 0.6% 17.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.6% 19.2% 10.5% 5.0% 3.8% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
101 East Surrey 40.4%
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%
216 East Surrey 59.6%
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%
172 East Surrey 72.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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