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Hitchin and Harpenden

Shows the general election results for Hitchin and Harpenden, which is a constituency in Hertfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,916 and a turnout of 77.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Bim Afolami
Majority
12,031
Electorate
75,916
Turnout
77.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 53.1%
Lab 32.6%
LD 10.6%
Green 2.3%
Ind 1.1%
CPA 0.4%

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 (%)
Bim Afolami  Con 31,189 53.1 -3.8
John Hayes  Lab 19,158 32.6 11.9
Hugh Annand  LD 6,236 10.6 2.5
Richard Cano * Green 1,329 2.3 -3.3
Ray Blake * Ind 629 1.1 1.1
Sid Cordle * CPA 242 0.4 0.4
* 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 Ind CPA UKIP CURE YRDPL Oth
2005 49.4% 21.9% 26.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 54.6% 13.6% 26.7% 1.5% 0.2% 0.0% 3.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 56.9% 20.6% 8.1% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.1% 32.6% 10.6% 2.3% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
360 Hitchin and Harpenden 20.5%
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%
406 Hitchin and Harpenden 53.1%
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%
17 Hitchin and Harpenden 77.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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