Hereford and South Herefordshire (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Jesse Norman

Majority

15,013

Electorate

71,088

Turnout

71%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Jesse Norman	Con	27,004	53.5	0.9
Anna Coda	Lab	11,991	23.8	11.0
Jim Kenyon	Ind	5,560	11.0	11.0
Lucy Hurds	LD	3,556	7.0	-3.5
Diana Toynbee *	Green	1,220	2.4	-4.8
Gwyn Price *	UKIP	1,153	2.3	-14.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	Ind	LD	Green	UKIP	BNP	Oth
2005	41.0%	10.3%	0.0%	43.4%	2.3%	2.2%	0.0%	0.9%
2010	46.2%	7.2%	0.0%	41.1%	0.0%	3.4%	2.0%	0.0%
2015	52.6%	12.8%	0.0%	10.6%	7.2%	16.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	53.5%	23.8%	11.0%	7.0%	2.4%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
237	Hereford and South Herefordshire	29.7%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
393	Hereford and South Herefordshire	53.5%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
232	Hereford and South Herefordshire	71.0%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.