Menu
2017 general election results

Southampton, Itchen

Shows the general election results for Southampton, Itchen, which is a constituency in Hampshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,722 and a turnout of 65.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Royston Smith
Majority
31
Electorate
71,722
Turnout
65.2%
Show constituency on map Compare to other locations

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 46.5%
Lab 46.5%
LD 3.0%
UKIP 2.4%
Green 1.5%

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 (%)
Royston Smith  Con 21,773 46.5 4.8
Simon Letts  Lab 21,742 46.5 9.9
Eleanor Bell * LD 1,421 3.0 -0.5
Kim Rose * UKIP 1,122 2.4 -11.0
Rosie Pearce * Green 725 1.5 -2.6
* 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 TUSC Oth
2005 37.3% 34.3% 25.4% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2010 36.3% 36.8% 20.8% 4.3% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 41.7% 36.5% 3.6% 13.4% 4.2% 0.5% 0.0%
2017 46.5% 46.5% 3.0% 2.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
646 Southampton, Itchen 0.1%
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.

View full list
Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
556 Southampton, Itchen 46.5%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

View full list
Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
492 Southampton, Itchen 65.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

View full list