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Rhondda

Shows the general election results for Rhondda, which is a constituency in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 50,514 and a turnout of 65.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Chris Bryant
Majority
13,746
Electorate
50,514
Turnout
65.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 64.1%
PC 22.3%
Con 10.1%
UKIP 2.7%
LD 0.8%

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 (%)
Chris Bryant  Lab 21,096 64.1 13.4
Branwen Cennard  PC 7,350 22.3 -4.7
Virginia Crosbie  Con 3,333 10.1 3.4
Janet Kenrick * UKIP 880 2.7 -10.0
Karen Roberts * LD 277 0.8 -0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab PC Con UKIP LD Green Ind
2005 68.1% 15.9% 5.6% 0.0% 10.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 55.3% 18.1% 6.4% 1.2% 10.6% 0.0% 8.4%
2015 50.7% 27.0% 6.7% 12.7% 1.5% 1.4% 0.0%
2017 64.1% 22.3% 10.1% 2.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
90 Rhondda 41.7%
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%
97 Rhondda 64.1%
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%
496 Rhondda 65.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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