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2017 general election results

Mid Bedfordshire

Shows the general election results for Mid Bedfordshire, which is a constituency in Bedfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 84,161 and a turnout of 75%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nadine Dorries
Majority
20,983
Electorate
84,161
Turnout
75%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 61.7%
Lab 28.4%
LD 6.0%
Green 2.8%
MRLP 1.1%

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 (%)
Nadine Dorries  Con 38,936 61.7 5.6
Rhiannon Meades  Lab 17,953 28.4 12.6
Lisa French  LD 3,788 6.0 -1.2
Gareth Ellis * Green 1,794 2.8 -1.4
Ann Kelly * MRLP 667 1.1 0.6
* 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 Green MRLP UKIP Ind Eng Dem Oth
2005 46.6% 22.4% 23.5% 2.6% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
2010 52.5% 14.8% 24.9% 1.4% 0.0% 5.1% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0%
2015 56.1% 15.9% 7.2% 4.2% 0.5% 15.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 61.7% 28.4% 6.0% 2.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
181 Mid Bedfordshire 33.2%
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%
157 Mid Bedfordshire 61.7%
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%
53 Mid Bedfordshire 75.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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