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2017 general election results

Sutton Coldfield

Shows the general election results for Sutton Coldfield, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,652 and a turnout of 69.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Andrew Mitchell
Majority
15,339
Electorate
75,652
Turnout
69.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 61.0%
Lab 31.9%
LD 4.4%
Green 1.8%
Ind 0.9%

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 (%)
Andrew Mitchell  Con 32,224 61.0 6.3
Rob Pocock  Lab 16,885 31.9 9.6
Jennifer Wilkinson * LD 2,302 4.4 -0.8
David Ratcliff * Green 965 1.8 -1.0
Hannah Sophia * Ind 482 0.9 0.9
* 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 Ind UKIP Ubuntu Party BNP
2005 52.6% 25.9% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 54.0% 20.4% 18.0% 1.1% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 3.5%
2015 54.6% 22.3% 5.2% 2.8% 0.0% 14.7% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 61.0% 31.9% 4.4% 1.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
254 Sutton Coldfield 29.0%
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%
174 Sutton Coldfield 61.0%
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%
281 Sutton Coldfield 69.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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