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2017 general election results

Lanark and Hamilton East

Shows the general election results for Lanark and Hamilton East, which is a constituency in South Lanarkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,313 and a turnout of 65.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Angela Crawley
Majority
266
Electorate
77,313
Turnout
65.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 32.6%
Con 32.1%
Lab 31.9%
LD 2.4%
UKIP 1.1%

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 (%)
Angela Crawley  SNP 16,444 32.6 -16.2
Poppy Corbett  Con 16,178 32.1 16.2
Andrew Hilland  Lab 16,084 31.9 1.3
Colin Robb * LD 1,214 2.4 0.2
Donald MacKay * UKIP 550 1.1 -1.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD UKIP Ind Oth SSP
2005 17.8% 12.8% 46.0% 18.6% 1.0% 0.0% 1.9% 1.8%
2010 21.0% 15.0% 50.0% 11.3% 1.3% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 48.8% 15.9% 30.5% 2.2% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 32.6% 32.1% 31.9% 2.4% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
631 Lanark and Hamilton East 0.5%
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%
648 Lanark and Hamilton East 32.6%
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%
488 Lanark and Hamilton East 65.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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