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2017 general election results

Tunbridge Wells

Shows the general election results for Tunbridge Wells, which is a constituency in Kent. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 74,782 and a turnout of 72.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Greg Clark
Majority
16,465
Electorate
74,782
Turnout
72.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 56.9%
Lab 26.5%
LD 9.9%
UKIP 2.7%
Green 2.7%
WEP 1.3%

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 (%)
Greg Clark  Con 30,856 56.9 -1.8
Charles Woodgate  Lab 14,391 26.5 12.3
Rachel Sadler  LD 5,355 9.9 1.4
Chris Hoare * UKIP 1,464 2.7 -9.9
Trevor Bisdee * Green 1,441 2.7 -2.5
Celine Thomas * WEP 702 1.3 1.3
* 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 UKIP Green WEP Ind BNP
2005 50.8% 20.5% 25.3% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 56.2% 10.8% 25.3% 4.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.3% 1.4%
2015 58.7% 14.2% 8.4% 12.6% 5.2% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
2017 56.9% 26.5% 9.9% 2.7% 2.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
222 Tunbridge Wells 30.4%
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%
300 Tunbridge Wells 56.9%
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%
154 Tunbridge Wells 72.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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