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2017 general election results

Lewisham West and Penge

Shows the general election results for Lewisham West and Penge, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,899 and a turnout of 73%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Ellie Reeves
Majority
23,162
Electorate
72,899
Turnout
73%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 66.6%
Con 23.0%
LD 6.2%
Green 2.2%
UKIP 1.3%
CPA 0.6%
Populist Party 0.1%

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 (%)
Ellie Reeves  Lab 35,411 66.6 16.0
Shaun Bailey  Con 12,249 23.0 -1.1
John Russell  LD 3,317 6.2 -1.5
Karen Wheller * Green 1,144 2.2 -6.3
Hoong-Wai Cheah * UKIP 700 1.3 -6.5
Katherine Hortense * CPA 325 0.6 0.6
Russell White * Populist Party 50 0.1 0.1
* 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 CPA Populist Party TUSC Ind Liberty GB
2005 46.3% 21.6% 27.1% 2.4% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 41.1% 25.5% 28.1% 2.1% 2.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 50.6% 24.2% 7.7% 8.5% 7.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.1%
2017 66.6% 23.0% 6.2% 2.2% 1.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
70 Lewisham West and Penge 43.5%
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%
64 Lewisham West and Penge 66.6%
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%
137 Lewisham West and Penge 73.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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