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2017 general election results

Erewash

Shows the general election results for Erewash, which is a constituency in Derbyshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,995 and a turnout of 68.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Maggie Throup
Majority
4,534
Electorate
72,995
Turnout
68.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 52.1%
Lab 43.0%
LD 2.5%
Green 1.4%
Ind 1.0%

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 (%)
Maggie Throup  Con 25,939 52.1 9.4
Catherine Atkinson  Lab 21,405 43.0 7.7
Martin Garnett * LD 1,243 2.5 -0.9
Ralph Hierons * Green 675 1.4 -1.1
Roy Dunn * Ind 519 1.0 1.0
* 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 Green Ind UKIP BNP Oth
2005 29.1% 44.7% 13.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 10.8%
2010 39.5% 34.2% 17.5% 1.1% 1.0% 1.8% 4.9% 0.0%
2015 42.7% 35.3% 3.4% 2.5% 0.0% 16.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.1% 43.0% 2.5% 1.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
493 Erewash 9.1%
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%
428 Erewash 52.1%
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%
363 Erewash 68.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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