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Southend West

Shows the general election results for Southend West, which is a constituency in Essex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,677 and a turnout of 69.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
David Amess
Majority
10,000
Electorate
67,677
Turnout
69.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 55.2%
Lab 34.0%
LD 4.5%
UKIP 3.5%
Green 1.8%
Southend Independent Association 0.6%
Ind 0.4%

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 Amess  Con 26,046 55.2 5.4
Julian Ware-Lane  Lab 16,046 34.0 15.7
Lucy Salek * LD 2,110 4.5 -4.8
John Stansfield * UKIP 1,666 3.5 -14.0
Dominic Ellis * Green 831 1.8 -2.9
Tino Callaghan * Southend Independent Association 305 0.6 0.6
Jason Pilley * Ind 187 0.4 0.4
* 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 UKIP Green Southend Independent Association Ind Eng Dem BNP
2005 18.8% 57.4% 20.9% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 46.1% 13.4% 29.4% 3.9% 1.5% 0.0% 1.4% 1.3% 3.1%
2015 49.8% 18.3% 9.3% 17.5% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 55.2% 34.0% 4.5% 3.5% 1.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
353 Southend West 21.2%
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%
345 Southend West 55.2%
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%
291 Southend West 69.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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