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2017 general election results

Rutland and Melton

Shows the general election results for Rutland and Melton, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,463 and a turnout of 73.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alan Duncan
Majority
23,104
Electorate
78,463
Turnout
73.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 62.8%
Lab 22.7%
LD 8.2%
UKIP 3.2%
Green 3.0%

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 (%)
Alan Duncan  Con 36,169 62.8 7.2
Heather Peto  Lab 13,065 22.7 7.3
Ed Reynolds  LD 4,711 8.2 0.1
John Scutter * UKIP 1,869 3.2 -12.6
Alastair McQuillan * Green 1,755 3.0 -1.2
* 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 UKIP Green Ind BNP Oth
2005 51.2% 24.9% 18.6% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
2010 51.1% 14.3% 25.8% 4.6% 0.0% 1.1% 3.2% 0.0%
2015 55.6% 15.4% 8.1% 15.9% 4.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 62.8% 22.7% 8.2% 3.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
104 Rutland and Melton 40.1%
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%
128 Rutland and Melton 62.8%
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%
113 Rutland and Melton 73.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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