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2017 general election results

Hove

Shows the general election results for Hove, which is a constituency in East Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,236 and a turnout of 77.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Peter Kyle
Majority
18,757
Electorate
74,236
Turnout
77.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 64.1%
Con 31.6%
LD 2.3%
Green 1.7%
Ind 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 (%)
Peter Kyle  Lab 36,942 64.1 21.8
Kristy Adams  Con 18,185 31.6 -8.4
Carrie Hynds * LD 1,311 2.3 -1.3
Phelim Mac Cafferty * Green 971 1.7 -5.1
Charley Sabel * Ind 187 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 Lab Con LD Green Ind UKIP TUSC MRLP Oth
2005 37.4% 36.4% 18.0% 5.8% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 33.0% 36.7% 22.6% 5.2% 0.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 42.3% 39.9% 3.6% 6.8% 0.6% 6.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 64.1% 31.6% 2.3% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
195 Hove 32.6%
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%
96 Hove 64.1%
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%
14 Hove 77.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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