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2017 general election results

Wellingborough

Shows the general election results for Wellingborough, which is a constituency in Northamptonshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 79,254 and a turnout of 67.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Peter Bone
Majority
12,460
Electorate
79,254
Turnout
67.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 57.4%
Lab 34.0%
UKIP 3.4%
LD 3.3%
Green 1.8%

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 (%)
Peter Bone  Con 30,579 57.4 5.4
Andrea Watts  Lab 18,119 34.0 14.5
Allan Shipham * UKIP 1,804 3.4 -16.2
Chris Nelson * LD 1,782 3.3 -1.1
Jonathan Hornett * Green 956 1.8 -2.6
* 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 LD Green BNP Eng Dem TUSC Ind Oth
2005 42.7% 41.4% 2.3% 11.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0%
2010 48.2% 25.4% 3.2% 17.1% 0.9% 3.1% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 52.1% 19.5% 19.6% 4.4% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 57.4% 34.0% 3.4% 3.3% 1.8% 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%
327 Wellingborough 23.4%
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%
281 Wellingborough 57.4%
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%
415 Wellingborough 67.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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