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Mid Sussex

Shows the general election results for Mid Sussex, which is a constituency in West Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 84,170 and a turnout of 73.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nicholas Soames
Majority
19,673
Electorate
84,170
Turnout
73.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 56.9%
Lab 25.0%
LD 12.7%
Green 2.5%
UKIP 2.0%
MRLP 0.8%

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 (%)
Nicholas Soames  Con 35,082 56.9 0.8
Greg Mountain  Lab 15,409 25.0 11.1
Sarah Osborne  LD 7,855 12.7 1.3
Chris Jerrey * Green 1,571 2.5 -1.7
Toby Brothers * UKIP 1,251 2.0 -10.0
Baron Von Thunderclap * MRLP 464 0.8 0.2
* 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 UKIP MRLP Ind BNP MRLP
2005 48.3% 12.8% 35.6% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 50.7% 6.6% 37.5% 1.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.5%
2015 56.1% 13.9% 11.5% 4.3% 12.0% 0.6% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.9% 25.0% 12.7% 2.5% 2.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
205 Mid Sussex 31.9%
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%
299 Mid Sussex 56.9%
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%
123 Mid Sussex 73.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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