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North West Leicestershire

Shows the general election results for North West Leicestershire, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,362 and a turnout of 71%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Andrew Bridgen
Majority
13,286
Electorate
75,362
Turnout
71%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 58.2%
Lab 33.4%
LD 6.4%
Green 2.1%

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 (%)
Andrew Bridgen  Con 31,153 58.2 8.7
Sean Sheahan  Lab 17,867 33.4 6.0
Michael Wyatt  LD 3,420 6.4 2.4
Mia Woolley * Green 1,101 2.1 -0.2
* 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 BNP Oth
2005 36.0% 45.5% 12.1% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0% 3.1%
2010 44.6% 30.1% 16.6% 0.0% 2.2% 6.5% 0.0%
2015 49.5% 27.4% 3.9% 2.3% 16.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.2% 33.4% 6.4% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
308 North West Leicestershire 24.8%
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%
260 North West Leicestershire 58.2%
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%
229 North West Leicestershire 71.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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