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Newark

Shows the general election results for Newark, which is a constituency in Nottinghamshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,510 and a turnout of 72.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Robert Jenrick
Majority
18,149
Electorate
75,510
Turnout
72.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.7%
Lab 29.7%
LD 5.1%
UKIP 2.6%

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 (%)
Robert Jenrick  Con 34,493 62.7 5.6
Chantal Lee  Lab 16,344 29.7 8.0
David Watts  LD 2,786 5.1 0.5
Xandra Arundel * UKIP 1,419 2.6 -9.5
* 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 UKIP Green Cnsn
2005 50.5% 28.3% 18.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 53.9% 22.3% 20.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 57.0% 21.7% 4.6% 12.0% 3.4% 1.2%
2017 62.7% 29.7% 5.1% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
187 Newark 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%
132 Newark 62.7%
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%
141 Newark 72.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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