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Harwich and North Essex

Shows the general election results for Harwich and North Essex, which is a constituency in Essex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,294 and a turnout of 71.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Bernard Jenkin
Majority
14,356
Electorate
71,294
Turnout
71.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 58.5%
Lab 30.4%
LD 5.4%
UKIP 3.3%
Green 2.0%
CPA 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 (%)
Bernard Jenkin  Con 29,921 58.5 7.5
Rosalind Scott  Lab 15,565 30.4 10.7
Dominic Graham  LD 2,787 5.4 -1.9
Aaaron Hammond * UKIP 1,685 3.3 -14.2
Blake Roberts * Green 1,042 2.0 -2.3
Stephen Todd * CPA 141 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 Con Lab LD UKIP Green CPA BNP Ind
2005 42.6% 30.9% 19.2% 3.6% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 46.9% 19.9% 23.6% 5.2% 1.9% 0.0% 2.2% 0.3%
2015 51.0% 19.7% 7.4% 17.5% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.5% 30.4% 5.4% 3.3% 2.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
268 Harwich and North Essex 28.1%
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%
250 Harwich and North Essex 58.5%
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%
196 Harwich and North Essex 71.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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