Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Gain

Luke Pollard

Majority

6,807

Electorate

76,584

Turnout

66.9%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Luke Pollard	Lab	27,283	53.3	16.6
Oliver Colvile	Con	20,476	40.0	2.2
Richard Ellison *	UKIP	1,364	2.7	-11.4
Henrietta Bewley *	LD	1,244	2.4	-1.8
Daniel Sheaff *	Green	604	1.2	-5.9
Danny Bamping *	Ind	237	0.5	0.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	Con	UKIP	LD	Green	Ind	Comm	SLP	Oth
2005	40.7%	29.6%	6.6%	22.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	31.7%	34.3%	6.5%	24.7%	2.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	36.7%	37.8%	14.0%	4.2%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	53.3%	40.0%	2.7%	2.4%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
443	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	13.3%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
399	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	53.3%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
432	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	66.9%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.