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2017 general election results

Meriden

Shows the general election results for Meriden, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 81,443 and a turnout of 67.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Caroline Spelman
Majority
19,198
Electorate
81,443
Turnout
67.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.0%
Lab 26.9%
LD 4.9%
UKIP 3.7%
Green 2.6%

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 (%)
Caroline Spelman  Con 33,873 62.0 7.3
Tom McNeil  Lab 14,675 26.9 7.9
Rogers Antony * LD 2,663 4.9 -0.1
Leslie Kaye * UKIP 2,016 3.7 -13.2
Alison Gavin * Green 1,416 2.6 -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 Con Lab LD UKIP Green Independence from Europe BNP SMRA
2005 47.6% 32.3% 16.7% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 51.7% 20.5% 17.8% 2.6% 1.3% 0.0% 4.8% 1.3%
2015 54.7% 19.0% 5.0% 16.9% 4.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.0% 26.9% 4.9% 3.7% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
157 Meriden 35.1%
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%
147 Meriden 62.0%
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%
419 Meriden 67.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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