South Basildon and East Thurrock (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Stephen Metcalfe

Majority

11,490

Electorate

73,537

Turnout

64.1%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Stephen Metcalfe	Con	26,811	56.9	13.5
Byron Taylor	Lab	15,321	32.5	7.3
Peter Whittle	UKIP	3,193	6.8	-19.8
Reetendra Banerji *	LD	732	1.6	-1.4
Sim Harman *	Green	680	1.4	1.4
Paul Borg *	BNP	383	0.8	0.8

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	BNP	Ind	Oth
2005	38.5%	40.7%	2.6%	10.6%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	6.1%
2010	43.9%	31.0%	5.9%	13.4%	0.0%	5.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	43.4%	25.2%	26.5%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%
2017	56.9%	32.5%	6.8%	1.6%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
316	South Basildon and East Thurrock	24.4%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
301	South Basildon and East Thurrock	56.9%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
536	South Basildon and East Thurrock	64.1%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.