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2017 general election results

Harborough

Shows the general election results for Harborough, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,810 and a turnout of 73.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Neil O'Brien
Majority
12,429
Electorate
78,810
Turnout
73.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 52.3%
Lab 30.7%
LD 12.6%
UKIP 2.4%
Green 1.9%

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 (%)
Neil O'Brien  Con 30,135 52.3 -0.4
Andy Thomas  Lab 17,706 30.7 15.4
Zuffar Haq  LD 7,286 12.6 -0.8
Teck Khong * UKIP 1,361 2.4 -12.0
Darren Woodiwiss * Green 1,110 1.9 -2.2
* 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 UKIP Green BNP Eng Dem Ind Oth
2005 41.5% 18.7% 33.4% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5%
2010 48.9% 12.7% 31.1% 2.7% 0.0% 3.1% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 52.7% 15.3% 13.4% 14.4% 4.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.3% 30.7% 12.6% 2.4% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
348 Harborough 21.6%
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%
424 Harborough 52.3%
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%
130 Harborough 73.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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