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2017 general election results

Eltham

Shows the general election results for Eltham, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,474 and a turnout of 71.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Clive Efford
Majority
6,296
Electorate
64,474
Turnout
71.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 54.4%
Con 40.8%
LD 3.2%
BNP 1.6%

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 (%)
Clive Efford  Lab 25,128 54.4 11.8
Matt Hartley  Con 18,832 40.8 4.4
David Hall-Matthews * LD 1,457 3.2 0.1
John Clarke * BNP 738 1.6 1.6
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD BNP UKIP Green Eng Dem Ind Oth
2005 42.2% 34.6% 17.4% 0.0% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9%
2010 41.5% 37.5% 12.6% 4.2% 2.4% 1.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 42.6% 36.4% 3.0% 0.0% 15.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.4% 40.8% 3.2% 1.6% 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%
437 Eltham 13.6%
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%
368 Eltham 54.4%
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%
208 Eltham 71.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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