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Wolverhampton South West

Shows the general election results for Wolverhampton South West, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 59,971 and a turnout of 70.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Eleanor Smith
Majority
2,185
Electorate
59,971
Turnout
70.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 49.4%
Con 44.2%
UKIP 2.4%
LD 1.9%
Green 1.4%
Ind 0.8%

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 (%)
Eleanor Smith  Lab 20,899 49.4 6.1
Paul Uppal  Con 18,714 44.2 3.0
Rob Jones * UKIP 1,012 2.4 -8.3
Sarah Quarmby * LD 784 1.9 -0.3
Andrea Cantrill * Green 579 1.4 -1.3
Jagmeet Singh * Ind 358 0.8 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 Lab Con UKIP LD Green Ind EPA Oth
2005 43.4% 38.1% 2.5% 13.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5%
2010 39.0% 40.7% 3.7% 16.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 43.2% 41.2% 10.7% 2.1% 2.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 49.4% 44.2% 2.4% 1.9% 1.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
553 Wolverhampton South West 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%
492 Wolverhampton South West 49.4%
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%
247 Wolverhampton South West 70.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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