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2017 general election results

Moray

Shows the general election results for Moray, which is a constituency in Moray. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 70,649 and a turnout of 67.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Douglas Ross
Majority
4,159
Electorate
70,649
Turnout
67.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 47.6%
SNP 38.8%
Lab 10.9%
LD 2.3%
Ind 0.4%

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 (%)
Douglas Ross  Con 22,637 47.6 16.5
Angus Robertson  SNP 18,478 38.8 -10.7
Jo Kirby  Lab 5,208 10.9 1.0
Alex Linklater * LD 1,078 2.3 -0.6
Anne Glen * Ind 204 0.4 0.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con SNP Lab LD Ind UKIP Green SSP
2005 22.0% 36.6% 20.4% 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8%
2010 26.1% 39.7% 17.1% 14.5% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 31.1% 49.5% 9.9% 2.8% 0.0% 3.9% 2.7% 0.0%
2017 47.6% 38.8% 10.9% 2.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
500 Moray 8.7%
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%
530 Moray 47.6%
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%
403 Moray 67.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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