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2017 general election results

Kingswood

Shows the general election results for Kingswood, which is a constituency in Avon. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 69,368 and a turnout of 70.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Chris Skidmore
Majority
7,500
Electorate
69,368
Turnout
70.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.9%
Lab 39.5%
LD 3.6%
Green 2.0%

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 (%)
Chris Skidmore  Con 26,754 54.9 6.6
Mhairi Threlfall  Lab 19,254 39.5 9.9
Karen Wilkinson * LD 1,749 3.6 -0.2
Matt Furey-King * Green 984 2.0 -0.8
* 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 TUSC Vapers In Power Eng Dem Oth
2005 32.1% 45.9% 18.0% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
2010 40.4% 35.3% 16.8% 0.8% 3.2% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2015 48.3% 29.6% 3.8% 2.8% 14.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.9% 39.5% 3.6% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
425 Kingswood 15.4%
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%
355 Kingswood 54.9%
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%
261 Kingswood 70.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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