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2017 general election results

West Dunbartonshire

Shows the general election results for West Dunbartonshire, which is a constituency in West Dunbartonshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,602 and a turnout of 65.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Majority
2,288
Electorate
67,602
Turnout
65.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 42.9%
Lab 37.7%
Con 17.2%
LD 2.3%

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 (%)
Martin Docherty-Hughes  SNP 18,890 42.9 -16.2
Jean Anne Mitchell  Lab 16,602 37.7 6.3
Penny Hutton  Con 7,582 17.2 10.2
Rebecca Plenderleith * LD 1,009 2.3 0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD Ind UKIP SLP SSP Oth
2005 21.8% 51.9% 6.4% 14.4% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 4.1% 0.5%
2010 20.1% 61.3% 7.7% 8.1% 0.0% 1.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 59.0% 31.3% 7.0% 1.6% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.9% 37.7% 17.2% 2.3% 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%
552 West Dunbartonshire 5.2%
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%
589 West Dunbartonshire 42.9%
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%
494 West Dunbartonshire 65.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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