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2017 general election results

North Swindon

Shows the general election results for North Swindon, which is a constituency in Wiltshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 80,168 and a turnout of 68.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Justin Tomlinson
Majority
8,335
Electorate
80,168
Turnout
68.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 53.6%
Lab 38.4%
LD 3.6%
UKIP 2.8%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Justin Tomlinson  Con 29,431 53.6 3.3
Mark Dempsey  Lab 21,096 38.4 10.6
Liz Webster * LD 1,962 3.6 0.3
Steve Halden * UKIP 1,564 2.8 -12.5
Andy Bentley * Green 858 1.6 -1.7
* 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 Oth
2005 38.9% 45.1% 12.9% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 44.6% 30.5% 17.2% 3.7% 1.0% 3.1% 0.0%
2015 50.3% 27.8% 3.3% 15.3% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 53.6% 38.4% 3.6% 2.8% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
427 North Swindon 15.2%
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%
391 North Swindon 53.6%
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%
350 North Swindon 68.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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