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Watford

Shows the general election results for Watford, which is a constituency in Hertfordshire. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 83,359 and a turnout of 69.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
4,433
Electorate
83,359
Turnout
69.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 45.5%
Lab 37.9%
LD 16.1%
SDP 0.6%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Dean Russell  Con 26,421 45.5 -0.1
Chris Ostrowski  Lab 21,988 37.9 -4.2
Ian Stotesbury  LD 9,323 16.1 7.0
Michael McGetrick * SDP 333 0.6 0.6
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD SDP UKIP Green TUSC BNP
2005 29.6% 33.6% 31.2% 0.0% 2.6% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 34.9% 26.7% 32.4% 0.0% 2.2% 1.6% 0.0% 2.2%
2015 43.5% 26.0% 18.1% 0.0% 9.8% 2.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 45.6% 42.0% 9.1% 0.0% 2.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 45.5% 37.9% 16.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
551 Watford 7.6%
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.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
541 Watford 45.5%
650 South Down 32.4%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
238 Watford 69.7%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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