South Basildon and East Thurrock (Constituency) 2019 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Stephen Metcalfe

Majority

19,922

Electorate

74,441

Turnout

60.8%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Stephen Metcalfe	Con	29,973	66.2	9.3
Jack Ferguson	Lab	10,051	22.2	-10.3
Kerry Smith	Ind	3,316	7.3	7.3
Michael Bukola *	LD	1,957	4.3	2.8

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	Ind	LD	UKIP	Green	BNP	Oth
2005	38.5%	40.7%	0.0%	10.6%	2.6%	1.6%	0.0%	6.1%
2010	43.9%	31.0%	0.3%	13.4%	5.9%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%
2015	43.4%	25.2%	0.9%	3.0%	26.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	56.9%	32.5%	0.0%	1.6%	6.8%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%
2019	66.2%	22.2%	7.3%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 25.4%
1	Liverpool, Walton	74.8%
75	South Basildon and East Thurrock	44.0%
650	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	0.1%

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

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 54.7%
1	Liverpool, Walton	84.7%
53	South Basildon and East Thurrock	66.2%
650	South Down	32.4%

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

Highest % turnout		Average: 67.3%
1	East Dunbartonshire	80.3%
550	South Basildon and East Thurrock	60.8%
650	Kingston upon Hull East	49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.