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South East

Shows the general election results for South East, which is a region in England. It is comprised of 9 counties (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 6,507,917 and a turnout of 71.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
6,507,917
Turnout
71.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 53.8%
Lab 28.6%
LD 10.5%
Green 3.1%
UKIP 2.3%
Others 1.7%

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 72 8 2 1 0 1 84
Change -6 +4 +2 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 2,495 1,326 487 144 105 79 4,636
% vote 53.8% 28.6% 10.5% 3.1% 2.3% 1.7% 100.0%
Change +3.0% +10.3% +1.1% -2.1% -12.5% +0.2% 0%
Candidates 83 83 82 75 63 66 452
Deposits lost 0 0 21 72 60 62 215

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 54.9% 18.9% 24.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
1997 41.9% 29.1% 23.3% 0.0% 0.0% 5.7%
2001 42.9% 29.4% 23.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4.1%
2005 45.0% 24.4% 25.4% 0.0% 0.0% 5.3%
2010 49.3% 16.2% 26.2% 1.4% 4.1% 2.7%
2015 50.8% 18.3% 9.4% 5.2% 14.7% 1.5%
2017 53.8% 28.6% 10.5% 3.1% 2.3% 1.7%

Seats won by party 1992 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
1992 79 4 0 0 0 0
1997 54 22 7 0 0 0
2001 53 22 8 0 0 0
2005 61 17 6 0 0 0
2010 74 4 4 1 0 1
2015 78 4 0 1 0 1
2017 72 8 2 1 0 1

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 28.1%
1 Buckingham 48.8%
2 North East Hampshire 48.2%
3 Meon Valley 47.4%
4 New Forest West 47.2%
5 East Hampshire 46.7%

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: 28.1%
1 Southampton, Itchen 0.1%
2 Canterbury 0.3%
3 Hastings and Rye 0.6%
4 Oxford West and Abingdon 1.4%
5 Milton Keynes South 2.7%

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: 56.9%
1 New Forest West 66.8%
2 Meon Valley 65.7%
3 North East Hampshire 65.5%
4 Beaconsfield 65.3%
5 Oxford East 65.2%

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: 56.9%
1 Portsmouth South 41.0%
2 Oxford West and Abingdon 43.7%
3 Canterbury 45.0%
4 Southampton, Itchen 46.5%
5 Hastings and Rye 46.9%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 71.2%
1 Oxford West and Abingdon 79.4%
2 Winchester 78.8%
3 Hove 77.6%
4 South West Surrey 77.4%
5 North East Hampshire 77.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 71.2%
1 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 62.9%
2 Chatham and Aylesford 63.7%
3 Portsmouth South 63.9%
4 Havant 63.9%
5 Aldershot 64.2%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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