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Elmet and Rothwell

Shows the general election results for Elmet and Rothwell, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 80,291 and a turnout of 74.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alec Shelbrooke
Majority
9,805
Electorate
80,291
Turnout
74.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.3%
Lab 37.9%
LD 4.4%
The Yorkshire Party 1.8%
Green 1.7%

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 (%)
Alec Shelbrooke  Con 32,352 54.3 5.9
David Nagle  Lab 22,547 37.9 4.1
Stewart Golton * LD 2,606 4.4 -0.2
Matthew Clover * The Yorkshire Party 1,042 1.8 1.8
Dylan Brown * Green 995 1.7 -0.5
* 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 The Yorkshire Party Green UKIP BNP Ind Oth
2005 34.5% 45.9% 17.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
2010 42.6% 34.5% 16.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 3.2% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 48.4% 33.7% 4.6% 0.0% 2.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.3% 37.9% 4.4% 1.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
409 Elmet and Rothwell 16.5%
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%
372 Elmet and Rothwell 54.3%
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%
78 Elmet and Rothwell 74.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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