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England

Shows the general election results for England, which is a country in Great Britain. It is comprised of 9 regions (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 39,297,181 and a turnout of 69.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
39,297,181
Turnout
69.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 45.4%
Lab 41.9%
LD 7.8%
Green 1.9%
UKIP 2.1%
Others 0.9%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Party Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others Total
Seats won 296 227 8 1 0 1 533
Change -22 +21 +2 0 -1 0 0%
Votes (000s) 12,346 11,389 2,122 507 557 245 27,166
% vote 45.4% 41.9% 7.8% 1.9% 2.1% 0.9% 100.0%
Change +4.6% +10.3% -0.4% -2.3% -12.1% -0.1% 0%
Candidates 532 532 530 447 336 339 2,716
Deposits lost 0 0 293 439 295 323 1,350

Share of the vote by party 1992 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
1992 45.5% 33.9% 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
1997 33.7% 43.5% 18.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.8%
2001 35.2% 41.4% 19.4% 0.0% 0.0% 3.9%
2005 35.7% 35.5% 22.9% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9%
2010 39.5% 28.1% 24.2% 1.0% 3.5% 3.7%
2015 40.9% 31.6% 8.2% 4.2% 14.1% 1.0%
2017 45.4% 41.9% 7.8% 1.9% 2.1% 0.9%

Seats won by party 1992 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
1992 319 195 10 0 0 0
1997 165 328 34 0 0 2
2001 165 323 40 0 0 1
2005 206 278 47 0 0 2
2010 297 191 43 1 0 1
2015 318 206 6 1 1 1
2017 296 227 8 1 0 1

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 26.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
2 Knowsley 76.1%
3 Liverpool, Riverside 74.9%
4 Liverpool, West Derby 72.9%
5 Bootle 72.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 26.3%
1 Kensington 0.1%
2 Dudley North 0.1%
3 Southampton, Itchen 0.1%
4 Newcastle-under-Lyme 0.1%
5 Richmond Park 0.1%

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: 57.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
2 Knowsley 85.3%
3 Liverpool, Riverside 84.5%
4 Bootle 84.0%
5 East Ham 83.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 57.7%
1 Sheffield, Hallam 38.4%
2 Southport 38.7%
3 Thurrock 39.5%
4 Carshalton and Wallington 41.0%
5 Portsmouth South 41.0%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 69.1%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
2 Oxford West and Abingdon 79.4%
3 Richmond Park 79.1%
4 Winchester 78.8%
5 Wirral West 78.5%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 69.1%
1 Leeds Central 53.2%
2 West Bromwich West 54.7%
3 Manchester Central 55.1%
4 Kingston upon Hull East 55.5%
5 Blackley and Broughton 56.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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