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2017 general election results

Neath

Shows the general election results for Neath, which is a constituency in Neath Port Talbot. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 55,862 and a turnout of 68.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Christina Rees
Majority
12,631
Electorate
55,862
Turnout
68.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 56.7%
Con 23.7%
PC 13.9%
UKIP 3.7%
LD 1.9%

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 (%)
Christina Rees  Lab 21,713 56.7 12.9
Orla Lowe  Con 9,082 23.7 8.4
Daniel Williams  PC 5,339 13.9 -4.2
Richard Pritchard * UKIP 1,419 3.7 -12.7
Frank Little * LD 732 1.9 -1.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con PC UKIP LD Green BNP Oth
2005 52.6% 11.5% 17.1% 0.0% 14.3% 1.8% 0.0% 2.7%
2010 46.3% 13.1% 19.9% 2.2% 14.9% 0.0% 3.6% 0.0%
2015 43.8% 15.3% 18.1% 16.4% 3.2% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.7% 23.7% 13.9% 3.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
185 Neath 33.0%
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%
306 Neath 56.7%
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%
347 Neath 68.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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