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2017 general election results

Great Yarmouth

Shows the general election results for Great Yarmouth, which is a constituency in Norfolk. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,408 and a turnout of 61.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Brandon Lewis
Majority
7,973
Electorate
71,408
Turnout
61.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.1%
Lab 36.1%
UKIP 6.3%
LD 2.2%
Green 1.3%

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 (%)
Brandon Lewis  Con 23,901 54.1 11.2
Mike Smith-Clare  Lab 15,928 36.1 7.0
Catherine Blaiklock  UKIP 2,767 6.3 -16.8
James Joyce * LD 987 2.2 -0.1
Harry Webb * Green 563 1.3 -0.9
* 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 CISTAP BNP LTT Oth
2005 38.2% 45.6% 4.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 43.1% 33.2% 4.8% 14.4% 1.0% 0.0% 3.3% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 42.9% 29.1% 23.1% 2.3% 2.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.1% 36.1% 6.3% 2.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
397 Great Yarmouth 18.1%
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%
379 Great Yarmouth 54.1%
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%
585 Great Yarmouth 61.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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