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Mid Dorset and North Poole

Shows the general election results for Mid Dorset and North Poole, which is a constituency in Dorset. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,050 and a turnout of 74.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Michael Tomlinson
Majority
15,339
Electorate
65,050
Turnout
74.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 59.2%
LD 27.5%
Lab 13.3%

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 (%)
Michael Tomlinson  Con 28,585 59.2 8.4
Vikki Slade  LD 13,246 27.5 -0.7
Steve Brew  Lab 6,423 13.3 7.4

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con LD Lab UKIP Green
2005 36.9% 50.0% 10.1% 3.1% 0.0%
2010 44.5% 45.1% 5.9% 4.5% 0.0%
2015 50.8% 28.2% 6.0% 12.2% 2.8%
2017 59.2% 27.5% 13.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
207 Mid Dorset and North Poole 31.8%
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%
228 Mid Dorset and North Poole 59.2%
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%
76 Mid Dorset and North Poole 74.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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