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2017 general election results

Waveney

Shows the general election results for Waveney, which is a constituency in Suffolk. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 80,763 and a turnout of 65.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Peter Aldous
Majority
9,215
Electorate
80,763
Turnout
65.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.4%
Lab 36.9%
UKIP 3.7%
Green 2.5%
LD 1.9%
Ind 0.6%

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 (%)
Peter Aldous  Con 28,643 54.4 12.0
Sonia Barker  Lab 19,428 36.9 -0.9
Bert Poole * UKIP 1,933 3.7 -10.9
Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw * Green 1,332 2.5 -0.8
Jacky Howe * LD 1,012 1.9 -0.1
Allyson Barron * Ind 326 0.6 0.6
* 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 Green LD Ind
2005 33.4% 45.4% 3.8% 2.4% 15.1% 0.0%
2010 40.2% 38.7% 5.2% 2.3% 13.3% 0.2%
2015 42.3% 37.7% 14.5% 3.4% 2.0% 0.0%
2017 54.4% 36.9% 3.7% 2.5% 1.9% 0.6%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
400 Waveney 17.5%
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%
370 Waveney 54.4%
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%
493 Waveney 65.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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