Romsey and Southampton North (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Caroline Nokes

Majority

18,046

Electorate

67,186

Turnout

74.6%

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 (%)
Caroline Nokes	Con	28,668	57.2	2.9
Catherine Royce	LD	10,622	21.2	3.5
Darren Paffey	Lab	9,614	19.2	7.3
Ian Callaghan *	Green	953	1.9	-2.8
Don Jerrard *	JACP	271	0.5	0.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	LD	Lab	Green	JACP	UKIP
2005	43.1%	43.6%	10.9%	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%
2010	49.7%	41.3%	6.4%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%
2015	54.3%	17.7%	11.9%	4.7%	0.0%	11.4%
2017	57.2%	21.2%	19.2%	1.9%	0.5%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
144	Romsey and Southampton North	36.0%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
291	Romsey and Southampton North	57.2%
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%
63	Romsey and Southampton North	74.6%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.