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New Forest East

Shows the general election results for New Forest East, which is a constituency in Hampshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 72,602 and a turnout of 70.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Julian Lewis
Majority
21,995
Electorate
72,602
Turnout
70.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.6%
Lab 19.8%
LD 15.2%
Green 2.4%

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 (%)
Julian Lewis  Con 32,162 62.6 6.4
Julie Renyard  Lab 10,167 19.8 7.6
David Harrison  LD 7,786 15.2 5.8
Henry Mellor * Green 1,251 2.4 -2.3
* 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
2005 49.4% 12.3% 33.2% 0.0% 5.1%
2010 52.8% 9.8% 30.3% 2.0% 5.0%
2015 56.3% 12.2% 9.4% 4.7% 17.5%
2017 62.6% 19.8% 15.2% 2.4% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
75 New Forest East 42.8%
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%
134 New Forest East 62.6%
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%
244 New Forest East 70.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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