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West Dorset

Shows the general election results for West Dorset, which is a constituency in Dorset. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 82,277 and a turnout of 72.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Oliver Letwin
Majority
19,091
Electorate
82,277
Turnout
72.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 55.5%
LD 23.5%
Lab 18.3%
Green 2.7%

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 (%)
Oliver Letwin  Con 33,081 55.5 5.3
Andy Canning  LD 13,990 23.5 1.9
Lee Rhodes  Lab 10,896 18.3 8.3
Kelvin Clayton * Green 1,631 2.7 -3.0
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con LD Lab Green UKIP
2005 46.5% 41.9% 7.7% 1.8% 2.0%
2010 47.6% 40.7% 6.7% 1.2% 3.8%
2015 50.2% 21.6% 10.0% 5.7% 12.5%
2017 55.5% 23.5% 18.3% 2.7% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
203 West Dorset 32.0%
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%
330 West Dorset 55.5%
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%
156 West Dorset 72.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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