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2017 general election results

Gower

Shows the general election results for Gower, which is a constituency in Swansea. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 62,163 and a turnout of 73.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Tonia Antoniazzi
Majority
3,269
Electorate
62,163
Turnout
73.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 49.9%
Con 42.7%
PC 3.7%
LD 2.0%
UKIP 1.4%
Pirate 0.3%

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 (%)
Tonia Antoniazzi  Lab 22,727 49.9 12.8
Byron Davies  Con 19,458 42.7 5.6
Harri Roberts * PC 1,669 3.7 -3.5
Howard Evans * LD 931 2.0 -1.6
Ross Ford * UKIP 642 1.4 -9.8
Jason Winstanley * Pirate 149 0.3 0.3
* 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 PC LD UKIP Pirate Green MRLP Ind TUSC BNP
2005 42.5% 25.5% 7.8% 18.4% 3.2% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 38.4% 32.0% 6.6% 19.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
2015 37.0% 37.1% 7.1% 3.6% 11.2% 0.0% 2.7% 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 49.9% 42.7% 3.7% 2.0% 1.4% 0.3% 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%
521 Gower 7.2%
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%
481 Gower 49.9%
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%
118 Gower 73.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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