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2017 general election results

Leicester South

Shows the general election results for Leicester South, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,534 and a turnout of 66.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jonathan Ashworth
Majority
26,261
Electorate
75,534
Turnout
66.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 73.6%
Con 21.6%
LD 2.5%
Green 2.3%

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 (%)
Jonathan Ashworth  Lab 37,157 73.6 13.8
Meera Sonecha  Con 10,896 21.6 0.6
Harrish Bisnauthsing * LD 1,287 2.5 -2.1
Mags Lewis * Green 1,177 2.3 -3.2
* 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 UKIP TUSC BNP Oth
2005 39.3% 17.8% 30.6% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.0%
2010 45.6% 21.4% 26.9% 1.6% 1.5% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0%
2015 59.8% 21.0% 4.6% 5.5% 8.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 73.6% 21.6% 2.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
31 Leicester South 52.0%
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%
24 Leicester South 73.6%
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%
431 Leicester South 66.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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