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Ribble Valley

Shows the general election results for Ribble Valley, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,968 and a turnout of 70.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nigel Evans
Majority
13,199
Electorate
77,968
Turnout
70.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 57.8%
Lab 33.9%
LD 5.9%
Green 2.4%

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 (%)
Nigel Evans  Con 31,919 57.8 9.2
David Hinder  Lab 18,720 33.9 11.3
Allan Knox  LD 3,247 5.9 0.6
Graham Sowter * Green 1,314 2.4 -1.8
* 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 Green UKIP Ind Independent Political Alliance Party
2005 44.9% 29.8% 22.6% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 50.3% 22.0% 20.5% 0.0% 6.7% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 48.6% 22.6% 5.3% 4.2% 15.8% 2.9% 0.1%
2017 57.8% 33.9% 5.9% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
320 Ribble Valley 23.9%
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%
276 Ribble Valley 57.8%
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%
243 Ribble Valley 70.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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