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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 2019 it had a total electorate of 6,628,245 and a turnout of 70.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

Electorate
6,628,245
Turnout
70.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 54.0%
Lab 22.1%
LD 18.2%
Green 3.9%
UKIP 0.2%
Others 1.5%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

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 74 8 1 1 0 0 84
Change +2 0 -1 0 0 -1 0%
Votes (000s) 2,513 1,030 848 184 8 70 4,653
% vote 54.0% 22.1% 18.2% 3.9% 0.2% 1.5% 100.0%
Change +0.2% -6.5% +7.7% +0.8% -2.1% -0.2% 0%
Candidates 84 84 81 70 13 90 422
Deposits lost 0 2 0 63 13 88 166

Share of the vote by party 1992 - 2019

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%
2019 54.0% 22.1% 18.2% 3.9% 0.2% 1.5%

Seats won by party 1992 - 2019

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
2019 74 8 1 1 0 0

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 28.0%
1 New Forest East 49.7%
2 New Forest West 48.5%
3 Gosport 48.0%
4 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 47.6%
5 Havant 47.4%

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: 28.0%
1 Winchester 1.7%
2 Canterbury 3.1%
3 Esher and Walton 4.3%
4 Lewes 4.5%
5 Guildford 5.7%

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: 56.3%
1 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 67.6%
2 Chatham and Aylesford 66.6%
3 Gosport 66.5%
4 Havant 65.4%
5 New Forest East 64.5%

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: 56.3%
1 Guildford 44.9%
2 Wycombe 45.2%
3 Lewes 47.9%
4 Canterbury 48.3%
5 Winchester 48.3%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 70.2%
1 Winchester 77.9%
2 Esher and Walton 77.7%
3 Chesham and Amersham 76.8%
4 Lewes 76.7%
5 Henley 76.7%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 70.2%
1 Slough 58.8%
2 Chatham and Aylesford 60.5%
3 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 61.2%
4 Gillingham and Rainham 62.5%
5 Oxford East 63.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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