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2017 general election results

Selby and Ainsty

Shows the general election results for Selby and Ainsty, which is a constituency in North Yorkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,918 and a turnout of 73.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Nigel Adams
Majority
13,772
Electorate
75,918
Turnout
73.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 58.7%
Lab 34.1%
LD 4.1%
UKIP 3.1%

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 Adams  Con 32,921 58.7 6.2
David Bowgett  Lab 19,149 34.1 7.3
Callum Delhoy * LD 2,293 4.1 0.5
Tony Pycroft * UKIP 1,713 3.1 -10.9
* 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 LD UKIP Green TUSC BNP Eng Dem Oth
2005 14.4% 54.1% 21.4% 2.4% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.2%
2010 49.4% 25.7% 17.7% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% 1.3% 0.0%
2015 52.5% 26.8% 3.6% 14.0% 2.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.7% 34.1% 4.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
313 Selby and Ainsty 24.6%
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%
242 Selby and Ainsty 58.7%
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%
89 Selby and Ainsty 73.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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