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2017 general election results

Wyre Forest

Shows the general election results for Wyre Forest, which is a constituency in Hereford & Worcester. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 77,758 and a turnout of 65.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Mark Garnier
Majority
13,334
Electorate
77,758
Turnout
65.8%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 58.4%
Lab 32.3%
LD 3.8%
UKIP 3.5%
Green 2.0%

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 (%)
Mark Garnier  Con 29,859 58.4 13.1
Matthew Lamb  Lab 16,525 32.3 13.1
Shazu Miah * LD 1,943 3.8 1.3
George Connolly * UKIP 1,777 3.5 -12.6
Brett Caulfield * Green 1,025 2.0 -0.3
* 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 ICHC BNP Ind Oth
2005 29.1% 22.6% 1.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 38.6% 6.1%
2010 36.9% 14.3% 11.9% 2.9% 0.0% 31.7% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 45.3% 19.3% 2.5% 16.1% 2.3% 14.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.4% 32.3% 3.8% 3.5% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
297 Wyre Forest 26.1%
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%
252 Wyre Forest 58.4%
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%
476 Wyre Forest 65.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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