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2017 general election results

South West Hertfordshire

Shows the general election results for South West Hertfordshire, which is a constituency in Hertfordshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 81,087 and a turnout of 74.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
David Gauke
Majority
19,550
Electorate
81,087
Turnout
74.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 57.9%
Lab 25.7%
LD 11.7%
Green 2.6%
UKIP 2.1%

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 (%)
David Gauke  Con 35,128 57.9 1.0
Rob Wakely  Lab 15,578 25.7 9.4
Christopher Townsend  LD 7,078 11.7 1.4
Paul De Hoest * Green 1,576 2.6 -1.9
Mark Anderson * UKIP 1,293 2.1 -9.4
* 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 CSP BNP Ind
2005 47.0% 20.8% 30.0% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 54.2% 11.5% 27.9% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 2.3% 1.5%
2015 56.9% 16.3% 10.3% 4.5% 11.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 57.9% 25.7% 11.7% 2.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
200 South West Hertfordshire 32.2%
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%
273 South West Hertfordshire 57.9%
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%
57 South West Hertfordshire 74.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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