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2017 general election results

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%
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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 CISTAP Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain The Evolution Party TPP Magna Cart Oth
2005 47.4% 16.3% 33.1% 2.9% 0.0% 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% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 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% 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% 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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