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Telford

Shows the general election results for Telford, which is a constituency in Shropshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,106 and a turnout of 65.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Lucy Allan
Majority
720
Electorate
68,106
Turnout
65.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 48.7%
Lab 47.1%
LD 2.1%
Green 2.0%

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 (%)
Lucy Allan  Con 21,777 48.7 9.1
Kuldip Sahota  Lab 21,057 47.1 9.3
Susan King * LD 954 2.1 -0.1
Luke Shirley * Green 898 2.0 -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
2005 33.1% 48.1% 14.1% 0.0% 4.6% 0.0%
2010 36.3% 38.7% 15.5% 0.0% 5.9% 3.7%
2015 39.6% 37.8% 2.3% 2.3% 18.0% 0.0%
2017 48.7% 47.1% 2.1% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
609 Telford 1.6%
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%
503 Telford 48.7%
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%
478 Telford 65.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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