2017 General Election
The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.
Summary
CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
9,850
Electorate
82,702
Turnout
65%
You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.
Share of the vote
The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.
Breakdown
The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.
Candidate/Party | Votes | Share | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kelly Tolhurst
Conservative
|
29,232 | 54.4% | 10.3% |
|
Teresa Murray
Labour
|
19,382 | 36.0% | 16.3% |
|
David Allen
UK Independence Party
|
2,893 | 5.4% | -25.1% |
|
Bart Ricketts
Liberal Democrat
|
1,189 | 2.2% | -0.2% |
|
Sonia Hyner
Green Party
|
781 | 1.5% | -1.4% |
|
Steve Benson
CPA
|
163 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
|
Primerose Chiguri
Independent
|
129 | 0.2% | 0.2% |