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Woking

Shows the general election results for Woking, which is a constituency in Surrey. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,170 and a turnout of 72.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Jonathan Lord
Majority
16,724
Electorate
76,170
Turnout
72.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 54.1%
Lab 23.9%
LD 17.6%
UKIP 2.1%
Green 2.0%
Ind 0.4%

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 (%)
Jonathan Lord  Con 29,903 54.1 -2.1
Fiona Colley  Lab 13,179 23.9 7.7
Will Forster  LD 9,711 17.6 5.9
Troy De Leon * UKIP 1,161 2.1 -9.2
James Brierley * Green 1,092 2.0 -2.1
Hassan Akberali * Ind 200 0.4 0.4
* 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 LD UKIP Green Ind CSA MCCP TEP PPNV Oth
2005 47.4% 16.3% 33.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 50.3% 8.0% 37.4% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 56.2% 16.1% 11.6% 11.3% 4.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.1% 23.9% 17.6% 2.1% 2.0% 0.4% 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%
225 Woking 30.3%
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%
380 Woking 54.1%
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%
153 Woking 72.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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