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2017 general election results

Norwich South

Shows the general election results for Norwich South, which is a constituency in Norfolk. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,182 and a turnout of 69.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Clive Lewis
Majority
15,596
Electorate
74,182
Turnout
69.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 61.0%
Con 30.6%
LD 5.5%
Green 2.9%

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 (%)
Clive Lewis  Lab 31,311 61.0 21.7
Lana Hempsall  Con 15,715 30.6 7.1
James Wright  LD 2,841 5.5 -8.1
Richard Bearman * Green 1,492 2.9 -11.0
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green UKIP Class War Ind BNP WRP Oth
2005 37.4% 21.8% 30.0% 7.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9%
2010 28.7% 22.9% 29.4% 14.9% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 39.3% 23.5% 13.6% 13.9% 9.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 61.0% 30.6% 5.5% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
223 Norwich South 30.4%
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%
173 Norwich South 61.0%
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%
314 Norwich South 69.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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