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2017 general election results

North East Bedfordshire

Shows the general election results for North East Bedfordshire, which is a constituency in Bedfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 87,505 and a turnout of 73.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alistair Burt
Majority
20,862
Electorate
87,505
Turnout
73.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 60.9%
Lab 28.5%
LD 5.8%
UKIP 3.0%
Green 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 (%)
Alistair Burt  Con 39,139 60.9 1.5
Julian Vaughan  Lab 18,277 28.5 12.7
Stephen Rutherford  LD 3,693 5.8 -0.1
Duncan Strachan * UKIP 1,896 3.0 -11.7
Philippa Fleming * Green 1,215 1.9 -2.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD UKIP Green BNP
2005 49.9% 25.3% 20.9% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 55.8% 16.1% 21.7% 4.1% 0.0% 2.3%
2015 59.5% 15.8% 5.8% 14.6% 4.3% 0.0%
2017 60.9% 28.5% 5.8% 3.0% 1.9% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
197 North East Bedfordshire 32.5%
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%
177 North East Bedfordshire 60.9%
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%
111 North East Bedfordshire 73.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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