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Vale of Clwyd

Shows the general election results for Vale of Clwyd, which is a constituency in Denbighshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 56,890 and a turnout of 68%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Chris Ruane
Majority
2,379
Electorate
56,890
Turnout
68%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 50.2%
Con 44.1%
PC 4.0%
LD 1.7%

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 (%)
Chris Ruane  Lab 19,423 50.2 11.9
James Davies  Con 17,044 44.1 5.0
David Wyatt * PC 1,551 4.0 -3.0
Gwyn Williams * LD 666 1.7 -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 Lab Con PC LD UKIP BNP Green Soc Oth
2005 45.9% 31.7% 7.2% 11.8% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2%
2010 42.3% 35.2% 5.8% 12.6% 1.4% 2.3% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 38.4% 39.0% 7.1% 2.6% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.2% 44.1% 4.0% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
537 Vale of Clwyd 6.1%
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%
472 Vale of Clwyd 50.2%
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%
371 Vale of Clwyd 68.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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