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Shrewsbury and Atcham

Shows the general election results for Shrewsbury and Atcham, which is a constituency in Shropshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 79,043 and a turnout of 73.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Daniel Kawczynski
Majority
6,627
Electorate
79,043
Turnout
73.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 50.0%
Lab 38.6%
LD 7.3%
UKIP 2.3%
Green 1.8%

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 (%)
Daniel Kawczynski  Con 29,073 50.0 4.4
Laura Davies  Lab 22,446 38.6 10.7
Hannah Fraser  LD 4,254 7.3 -0.6
Edward Higginbottom * UKIP 1,363 2.3 -12.1
Emma Bullard * Green 1,067 1.8 -2.3
* 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 Children of the Atom BNP Impact Oth
2005 26.3% 46.2% 16.7% 3.7% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0%
2010 43.9% 20.6% 29.0% 3.1% 1.1% 0.0% 2.2% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 45.5% 27.8% 7.9% 14.4% 4.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.0% 38.6% 7.3% 2.3% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
462 Shrewsbury and Atcham 11.4%
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%
478 Shrewsbury and Atcham 50.0%
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%
99 Shrewsbury and Atcham 73.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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