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Ross, Skye and Lochaber

Shows the general election results for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, which is a constituency in Highland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 53,638 and a turnout of 71.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Ian Blackford
Majority
5,919
Electorate
53,638
Turnout
71.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 40.3%
Con 24.9%
LD 20.9%
Lab 12.2%
Ind 1.3%
Something New 0.5%

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 (%)
Ian Blackford  SNP 15,480 40.3 -7.9
Robert Mackenzie  Con 9,561 24.9 18.6
Jean Davis  LD 8,042 20.9 -15.0
Peter O Donnghaile  Lab 4,695 12.2 7.3
Ronnie Campbell * Ind 499 1.3 0.8
Stick Sturrock * Something New 177 0.5 0.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con LD Lab Ind Something New Green UKIP SSP Oth
2005 9.6% 10.1% 58.7% 14.9% 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 1.5% 1.3% 0.6%
2010 15.1% 12.2% 52.6% 15.1% 0.8% 0.0% 2.2% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 48.1% 6.2% 35.9% 4.9% 0.5% 0.0% 2.5% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 40.3% 24.9% 20.9% 12.2% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
424 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 15.4%
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%
613 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 40.3%
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%
198 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 71.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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