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2017 general election results

South Leicestershire

Shows the general election results for South Leicestershire, which is a constituency in Leicestershire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 78,985 and a turnout of 71.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alberto Costa
Majority
18,631
Electorate
78,985
Turnout
71.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 61.4%
Lab 28.5%
LD 4.2%
UKIP 3.9%
Green 1.9%

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 (%)
Alberto Costa  Con 34,795 61.4 8.2
Shabbir Aslam  Lab 16,164 28.5 6.5
Gregory Webb * LD 2,403 4.2 -3.2
Roger Helmer * UKIP 2,235 3.9 -13.4
Mary Morgan * Green 1,092 1.9 1.9
* 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 LD UKIP Green BNP Oth
2005 45.4% 29.6% 19.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5%
2010 49.5% 20.9% 21.0% 3.6% 0.0% 5.0% 0.0%
2015 53.2% 22.0% 7.4% 17.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 61.4% 28.5% 4.2% 3.9% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
188 South Leicestershire 32.9%
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%
162 South Leicestershire 61.4%
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%
193 South Leicestershire 71.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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