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2017 general election results

Orpington

Shows the general election results for Orpington, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,902 and a turnout of 74.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Joseph Johnson
Majority
19,461
Electorate
67,902
Turnout
74.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.9%
Lab 24.4%
LD 6.6%
UKIP 4.0%
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 (%)
Joseph Johnson  Con 31,762 62.9 5.5
Nigel de Gruchy  Lab 12,301 24.4 8.8
Alex Feakes  LD 3,315 6.6 -0.2
Brian Philp * UKIP 2,023 4.0 -12.7
Tamara Galloway * Green 1,060 2.1 -1.4
* 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 Eng Dem
2005 51.2% 6.0% 40.4% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 59.7% 9.0% 24.5% 2.8% 1.0% 2.5% 0.4%
2015 57.4% 15.6% 6.8% 16.7% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.9% 24.4% 6.6% 4.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
122 Orpington 38.6%
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%
122 Orpington 62.9%
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%
69 Orpington 74.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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