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2017 general election results

Perth and North Perthshire

Shows the general election results for Perth and North Perthshire, which is a constituency in Perth & Kinross. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,762 and a turnout of 71.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Pete Wishart
Majority
21
Electorate
71,762
Turnout
71.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 42.3%
Con 42.3%
Lab 10.4%
LD 5.0%

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 (%)
Pete Wishart  SNP 21,804 42.3 -8.2
Ian Duncan  Con 21,783 42.3 9.5
David Roemmele  Lab 5,349 10.4 2.2
Peter Barrett  LD 2,589 5.0 1.2

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Ind Trust SSP
2005 33.7% 30.4% 18.7% 16.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 39.6% 30.5% 16.4% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 50.5% 32.7% 8.1% 3.8% 2.1% 2.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.3% 42.3% 10.4% 5.0% 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%
649 Perth and North Perthshire 0.0%
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%
597 Perth and North Perthshire 42.3%
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%
190 Perth and North Perthshire 71.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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