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Avon

Shows the general election results for Avon, which is a county in South West. It is comprised of 10 constituencies (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 767,627 and a turnout of 72.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
767,627
Turnout
72.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 43.2%
Lab 43.1%
LD 8.6%
Green 3.6%
UKIP 0.7%
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 6 4 0 0 0 0 10
Change -1 +1 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 239 238 48 20 4 5 553
% vote 43.2% 43.1% 8.6% 3.6% 0.7% 0.9% 100.0%
Change +3.5% +16.2% -3.5% -4.8% -11.8% +0.5% 0%
Candidates 10 10 10 10 2 4 46
Deposits lost 0 0 3 9 2 3 17

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
2005 28.5% 37.6% 29.0% 1.6% 2.2% 1.2%
2010 36.2% 24.7% 32.7% 1.2% 2.9% 2.2%
2015 39.8% 26.9% 12.1% 8.4% 12.5% 0.3%
2017 43.2% 43.1% 8.6% 3.6% 0.7% 0.9%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
2005 2 6 2 0 0 0
2010 6 2 2 0 0 0
2015 7 3 0 0 0 0
2017 6 4 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.2%
1 Bristol West 52.1%
2 Bristol South 29.4%
3 North Somerset 27.6%
4 Bristol East 26.4%
5 Thornbury and Yate 23.8%

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: 24.2%
1 Filton and Bradley Stoke 8.3%
2 Bristol North West 8.8%
3 Kingswood 15.4%
4 North East Somerset 18.9%
5 Weston-super-Mare 20.5%

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: 56.2%
1 Bristol West 65.9%
2 Bristol East 60.7%
3 Bristol South 60.1%
4 Thornbury and Yate 55.3%
5 Kingswood 54.9%

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: 56.2%
1 Filton and Bradley Stoke 50.0%
2 Bristol North West 50.7%
3 Weston-super-Mare 53.1%
4 North East Somerset 53.6%
5 North Somerset 54.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 72.1%
1 Bristol West 77.0%
2 North Somerset 77.0%
3 North East Somerset 75.7%
4 Thornbury and Yate 74.7%
5 Bristol North West 71.7%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 72.1%
1 Bristol South 65.5%
2 Weston-super-Mare 68.7%
3 Filton and Bradley Stoke 70.0%
4 Bristol East 70.1%
5 Kingswood 70.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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