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South Ribble

Shows the general election results for South Ribble, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,752 and a turnout of 72.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Seema Kennedy
Majority
7,421
Electorate
75,752
Turnout
72.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 52.9%
Lab 39.3%
LD 3.8%
UKIP 2.5%
Green 0.9%
National Health Action Party 0.6%

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 (%)
Seema Kennedy  Con 28,980 52.9 6.4
Julie Gibson  Lab 21,559 39.3 4.2
John Wright * LD 2,073 3.8 -0.6
Mark Smith * UKIP 1,387 2.5 -11.6
Andrew Wight * Green 493 0.9 0.9
Mark Jarnell * National Health Action Party 341 0.6 0.6
* 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 National Health Action Party BNP Oth
2005 37.0% 12.8% 46.3% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0%
2010 45.5% 34.7% 14.1% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0%
2015 46.4% 35.1% 4.4% 14.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.9% 39.3% 3.8% 2.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
439 South Ribble 13.5%
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%
410 South Ribble 52.9%
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%
160 South Ribble 72.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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