Summary
Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.
LAB
Labour Hold
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Majority
10,240
Electorate
61,839
Turnout
62.1%
Share of the vote
Distribution of party votes by percentages.
Party Name | Share of the vote: 2017 |
---|---|
Lab | 57.6% |
Con | 31.0% |
PC | 5.4% |
UKIP | 3.9% |
LD | 2.2% |
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 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Lab | 22,134 | 57.6 | 12.9 |
Graham Smith | Con | 11,894 | 31.0 | 7.8 |
Jeff Rees | PC | 2,059 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
Ian Williams * | UKIP | 1,490 | 3.9 | -15.1 |
Andrew Best * | LD | 852 | 2.2 | -1.1 |
* Candidate lost their deposit
Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017
The percentage share of the party vote by election year.
Year | Lab | Con | PC | UKIP | LD | Green | SLP | Comm | BNP | Ind | Oth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 56.9% | 15.8% | 6.2% | 3.2% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
2010 | 44.8% | 20.0% | 5.3% | 2.3% | 16.6% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 0.0% |
2015 | 44.6% | 23.1% | 5.7% | 19.0% | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
2017 | 57.6% | 31.0% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Highest and lowest 2017
Safest seats by majority (%) | Average: 24.3% | |
---|---|---|
1 | Liverpool, Walton | 77.1% |
286 | Torfaen | 26.6% |
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.
View full listHighest winning vote share % | Average: 55.9% | |
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1 | Liverpool, Walton | 85.7% |
278 | Torfaen | 57.6% |
650 | Ceredigion | 29.2% |
Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.
View full listHighest % turnout | Average: 68.8% | |
---|---|---|
1 | Twickenham | 79.5% |
577 | Torfaen | 62.1% |
650 | Glasgow North East | 53.0% |
Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.
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