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Exeter

Shows the general election results for Exeter, which is a constituency in Devon. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,330 and a turnout of 71.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Ben Bradshaw
Majority
16,117
Electorate
77,330
Turnout
71.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 62.0%
Con 32.9%
LD 2.8%
Green 1.9%
Ind 0.4%
Ind 0.1%

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 (%)
Ben Bradshaw  Lab 34,336 62.0 15.6
James Taghdissian  Con 18,219 32.9 -0.2
Vanessa Newcombe * LD 1,562 2.8 -1.5
Joe Levy * Green 1,027 1.9 -4.6
Jonathan West * Ind 212 0.4 0.4
Jonathan Bishop * Ind 67 0.1 0.1
* 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 Green Ind Ind UKIP Left Unity - Trade Unionists and Socialists Lib BNP Oth
2005 42.1% 24.9% 20.9% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.9%
2010 38.2% 33.0% 20.3% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 0.0% 2.1% 1.3% 0.0%
2015 46.4% 33.1% 4.3% 6.5% 0.0% 0.0% 9.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.0% 32.9% 2.8% 1.9% 0.4% 0.4% 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%
253 Exeter 29.1%
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%
152 Exeter 62.0%
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%
200 Exeter 71.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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