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North East Hertfordshire

Shows the general election results for North East Hertfordshire, which is a constituency in Hertfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,965 and a turnout of 73.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Oliver Heald
Majority
16,835
Electorate
75,965
Turnout
73.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 58.6%
Lab 28.3%
LD 7.7%
Green 5.3%

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 (%)
Oliver Heald  Con 32,587 58.6 3.3
Doug Swanney  Lab 15,752 28.3 9.5
Nicky Shepard  LD 4,276 7.7 0.1
Tim Lee  Green 2,965 5.3 0.0

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Ind YRDPL
2005 48.1% 28.3% 20.3% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 53.5% 16.4% 23.4% 1.7% 4.1% 0.4% 0.3%
2015 55.4% 18.9% 7.6% 5.3% 12.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.6% 28.3% 7.7% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
224 North East Hertfordshire 30.3%
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%
245 North East Hertfordshire 58.6%
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%
125 North East Hertfordshire 73.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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