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2017 general election results

Leyton and Wanstead

Shows the general election results for Leyton and Wanstead, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,149 and a turnout of 70.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
John Cryer
Majority
22,607
Electorate
65,149
Turnout
70.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 69.8%
Con 20.8%
LD 6.4%
Green 2.9%

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 (%)
John Cryer  Lab 32,234 69.8 11.2
Laura Farris  Con 9,627 20.8 -1.1
Ben Sims  LD 2,961 6.4 0.8
Ashley Gunstock * Green 1,351 2.9 -4.4
* 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 Ind BNP Christian IFED Oth
2005 45.8% 22.8% 24.7% 4.4% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2010 43.6% 22.2% 27.6% 1.4% 2.7% 0.0% 1.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 58.6% 22.0% 5.7% 7.3% 5.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 69.8% 20.8% 6.4% 2.9% 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%
41 Leyton and Wanstead 49.0%
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%
39 Leyton and Wanstead 69.8%
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%
237 Leyton and Wanstead 70.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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