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2017 general election results

Sherwood

Shows the general election results for Sherwood, which is a constituency in Nottinghamshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,196 and a turnout of 70%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Mark Spencer
Majority
5,198
Electorate
76,196
Turnout
70%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 51.5%
Lab 41.8%
UKIP 3.4%
LD 2.1%
Green 1.2%

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 (%)
Mark Spencer  Con 27,492 51.5 6.5
Mike Pringle  Lab 22,294 41.8 5.9
Stuart Bestwick * UKIP 1,801 3.4 -11.2
Becky Thomas * LD 1,113 2.1 -0.1
Mo Findley * Green 664 1.2 -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 Class War BNP Ind Oth
2005 50.0% 18.3% 4.6% 26.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2010 39.2% 38.8% 3.0% 14.9% 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 45.0% 35.9% 14.6% 2.2% 2.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 51.5% 41.8% 3.4% 2.1% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
483 Sherwood 9.7%
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%
445 Sherwood 51.5%
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%
274 Sherwood 70.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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