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2017 general election results

The Wrekin

Shows the general election results for The Wrekin, which is a constituency in Shropshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,604 and a turnout of 72.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Mark Pritchard
Majority
9,564
Electorate
68,604
Turnout
72.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 55.4%
Lab 36.1%
UKIP 3.3%
LD 2.7%
Green 1.6%
Ind 0.8%

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 (%)
Mark Pritchard  Con 27,451 55.4 5.7
Dylan Harrison  Lab 17,887 36.1 10.1
Denis Allen * UKIP 1,656 3.3 -13.4
Rod Keyes * LD 1,345 2.7 -1.6
Pat McCarthy * Green 804 1.6 -1.6
Fay Easton * Ind 380 0.8 0.8
* 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 UKIP LD Green Ind BNP
2005 42.1% 39.3% 3.6% 15.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 47.7% 27.1% 4.5% 17.4% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3%
2015 49.7% 26.0% 16.8% 4.3% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.4% 36.1% 3.3% 2.7% 1.6% 0.8% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
380 The Wrekin 19.3%
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%
336 The Wrekin 55.4%
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%
174 The Wrekin 72.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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