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2017 general election results

Romford

Shows the general election results for Romford, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,493 and a turnout of 68%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Andrew Rosindell
Majority
13,778
Electorate
73,493
Turnout
68%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 59.4%
Lab 31.8%
UKIP 4.7%
LD 2.4%
Green 1.6%

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 (%)
Andrew Rosindell  Con 29,671 59.4 8.4
Angelina Leatherbarrow  Lab 15,893 31.8 10.9
Andrew Beadle * UKIP 2,350 4.7 -18.1
Ian Sanderson * LD 1,215 2.4 -0.4
David Hughes * Green 815 1.6 -0.9
* 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 UKIP LD Green BNP Eng Dem Ind Oth
2005 57.7% 29.1% 2.3% 8.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
2010 56.0% 19.5% 4.4% 12.0% 1.0% 5.2% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 51.0% 20.9% 22.8% 2.9% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 59.4% 31.8% 4.7% 2.4% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
275 Romford 27.6%
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%
225 Romford 59.4%
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%
373 Romford 68.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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