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Wycombe

Shows the general election results for Wycombe, which is a constituency in Buckinghamshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,087 and a turnout of 69.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Steve Baker
Majority
6,578
Electorate
77,087
Turnout
69.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 50.0%
Lab 37.7%
LD 7.8%
UKIP 2.3%
Green 2.2%

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 (%)
Steve Baker  Con 26,766 50.0 -1.4
Rafiq Raja  Lab 20,188 37.7 15.2
Steve Guy  LD 4,147 7.8 -1.1
Richard Phoenix * UKIP 1,210 2.3 -7.8
Peter Sims * Green 1,182 2.2 -3.8
* 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 Ind Oth
2005 47.4% 30.1% 17.9% 3.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 48.6% 17.3% 28.8% 4.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 51.4% 22.5% 8.8% 10.1% 6.0% 1.1% 0.0%
2017 50.0% 37.7% 7.8% 2.3% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
452 Wycombe 12.3%
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%
476 Wycombe 50.0%
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%
306 Wycombe 69.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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