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2017 general election results

Gravesham

Shows the general election results for Gravesham, which is a constituency in Kent. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,954 and a turnout of 67.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Adam Holloway
Majority
9,347
Electorate
72,954
Turnout
67.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 55.6%
Lab 36.5%
UKIP 3.6%
LD 2.5%
Green 1.5%
Ind 0.4%

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 (%)
Adam Holloway  Con 27,237 55.6 8.8
Mandy Garford  Lab 17,890 36.5 6.4
Emmanuel Feyisetan * UKIP 1,742 3.6 -15.0
James Willis * LD 1,210 2.5 0.3
Marna Gilligan * Green 723 1.5 -0.8
Michael Rogan * Ind 195 0.4 0.4
* 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 UKIP LD Green Ind Eng Dem Oth
2005 43.7% 42.2% 1.9% 10.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2010 48.5% 28.8% 4.8% 13.3% 1.4% 1.0% 2.1% 0.0%
2015 46.8% 30.1% 18.6% 2.2% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.6% 36.5% 3.6% 2.5% 1.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
383 Gravesham 19.1%
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%
326 Gravesham 55.6%
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%
417 Gravesham 67.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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