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Livingston

Shows the general election results for Livingston, which is a constituency in West Lothian. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 81,208 and a turnout of 64.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Hannah Bardell
Majority
3,878
Electorate
81,208
Turnout
64.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 40.1%
Lab 32.7%
Con 24.4%
LD 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 (%)
Hannah Bardell  SNP 21,036 40.1 -16.8
Rhea Wolfson  Lab 17,158 32.7 5.1
Damian Timson  Con 12,799 24.4 14.1
Charles Dundas * LD 1,512 2.9 0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD UKIP BNP SSP Ind
2005 21.6% 51.1% 10.1% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0%
2010 25.9% 48.5% 10.8% 11.1% 0.9% 2.0% 0.5% 0.3%
2015 56.9% 27.6% 10.3% 2.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 40.1% 32.7% 24.4% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
516 Livingston 7.4%
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%
615 Livingston 40.1%
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%
516 Livingston 64.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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