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Sleaford and North Hykeham

Shows the general election results for Sleaford and North Hykeham, which is a constituency in Lincolnshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 90,929 and a turnout of 72.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Caroline Johnson
Majority
25,237
Electorate
90,929
Turnout
72.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 64.2%
Lab 25.8%
LD 4.1%
UKIP 3.0%
Green 1.5%
Ind 1.4%

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 (%)
Caroline Johnson  Con 42,245 64.2 8.0
Jim Clarke  Lab 17,008 25.8 8.6
Ross Pepper * LD 2,722 4.1 -1.5
Sally Chadd * UKIP 1,954 3.0 -12.7
Fiona McKenna * Green 968 1.5 1.5
Paul Coyne * Ind 900 1.4 1.4
* 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 Lincs Ind BNP Oth
2005 42.6% 10.8% 43.8% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 51.6% 16.9% 18.2% 3.6% 0.0% 6.4% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0%
2015 56.2% 17.3% 5.7% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 5.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 64.2% 25.8% 4.1% 3.0% 1.5% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
123 Sleaford and North Hykeham 38.4%
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%
94 Sleaford and North Hykeham 64.2%
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%
164 Sleaford and North Hykeham 72.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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