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2017 general election results

Hertford and Stortford

Shows the general election results for Hertford and Stortford, which is a constituency in Hertfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 82,339 and a turnout of 72.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Mark Prisk
Majority
19,035
Electorate
82,339
Turnout
72.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 60.3%
Lab 28.6%
LD 8.1%
Green 3.0%

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 (%)
Mark Prisk  Con 36,184 60.3 4.2
Katherine Chibah  Lab 17,149 28.6 10.7
Mark Argent  LD 4,845 8.1 0.3
David Woolcombe * Green 1,814 3.0 -1.7
* 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 Green UKIP BNP Ind Oth
2005 50.2% 24.2% 18.4% 3.9% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
2010 53.8% 13.8% 26.0% 0.0% 3.1% 2.3% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 56.1% 17.9% 7.8% 4.8% 13.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 60.3% 28.6% 8.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
208 Hertford and Stortford 31.7%
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.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
196 Hertford and Stortford 60.3%
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%
143 Hertford and Stortford 72.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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