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2017 general election results

South Staffordshire

Shows the general election results for South Staffordshire, which is a constituency in Staffordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,441 and a turnout of 69.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Gavin Williamson
Majority
22,733
Electorate
73,441
Turnout
69.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 69.8%
Lab 25.3%
LD 2.6%
Green 2.3%

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 (%)
Gavin Williamson  Con 35,656 69.8 10.3
Adam Freeman  Lab 12,923 25.3 6.9
Hilary Myers * LD 1,348 2.6 -0.3
Claire McIlvenna * Green 1,182 2.3 -0.3
* 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 Ind Oth
2005 50.6% 20.0% 13.4% 1.6% 10.1% 0.0% 0.0% 4.2%
2010 53.2% 20.3% 16.7% 0.0% 5.5% 3.8% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 59.4% 18.4% 2.9% 2.6% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 69.8% 25.3% 2.6% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
66 South Staffordshire 44.5%
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%
40 South Staffordshire 69.8%
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%
295 South Staffordshire 69.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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