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2017 general election results

Worthing West

Shows the general election results for Worthing West, which is a constituency in West Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,757 and a turnout of 70.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Peter Bottomley
Majority
12,090
Electorate
77,757
Turnout
70.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 55.4%
Lab 33.2%
LD 5.5%
UKIP 3.0%
Green 3.0%

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 (%)
Peter Bottomley  Con 30,181 55.4 3.9
Beccy Cooper  Lab 18,091 33.2 17.5
Hazel Thorpe  LD 2,982 5.5 -3.3
Mark Withers * UKIP 1,635 3.0 -15.3
Benjamin Cornish * Green 1,614 3.0 -2.8
* 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 Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship Oth
2005 47.6% 19.2% 26.7% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 51.7% 11.8% 27.9% 6.0% 2.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 51.5% 15.7% 8.8% 18.3% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.4% 33.2% 5.5% 3.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
342 Worthing West 22.2%
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%
340 Worthing West 55.4%
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%
271 Worthing West 70.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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