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2017 general election results

South Derbyshire

Shows the general election results for South Derbyshire, which is a constituency in Derbyshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,380 and a turnout of 68.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Heather Wheeler
Majority
11,970
Electorate
76,380
Turnout
68.9%
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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 36.0%
LD 3.6%
Green 1.7%

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 (%)
Heather Wheeler  Con 30,907 58.7 9.3
Robert Pearson  Lab 18,937 36.0 9.2
Lorraine Johnson * LD 1,870 3.6 -0.2
Marten Kats * Green 917 1.7 -0.7
* 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 Green UKIP BNP SLP Oth
2005 37.4% 42.9% 12.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.9%
2010 45.5% 31.4% 15.9% 0.0% 2.4% 4.3% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 49.4% 26.8% 3.7% 2.4% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.7% 36.0% 3.6% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
334 South Derbyshire 22.7%
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%
241 South Derbyshire 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%
332 South Derbyshire 68.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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