UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
Party Conservative Labour Scottish National Party Liberal Democrat Democratic Unionist Party Others
Seats 365 203 48 11 8 15
Change +47 -59 +13 -1 -2 +2

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Clacton

Parliamentary constituency

CON HOLD

Results

  1. Conservative
    Giles Watling
    • Votes: 31,438
    • Vote share %: 72.3
    • Vote share change: +11.0
  2. Labour
    Kevin Bonavia
    • Votes: 6,736
    • Vote share %: 15.5
    • Vote share change: -9.9
  3. Liberal Democrat
    Callum Robertson
    • Votes: 2,541
    • Vote share %: 5.8
    • Vote share change: +3.8
  4. Green
    Chris Southall
    • Votes: 1,225
    • Vote share %: 2.8
    • Vote share change: +1.2
  5. Independent
    Andy Morgan
    • Votes: 1,099
    • Vote share %: 2.5
    • Vote share change: +2.5
  6. Independent
    Colin Bennett
    • Votes: 243
    • Vote share %: 0.6
    • Vote share change: +0.6
  7. Monster Raving Loony Party
    Just-John Sexton
    • Votes: 224
    • Vote share %: 0.5
    • Vote share change: +0.5

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • CON majority: 24,702
  • Registered voters: 70,930
  • % share:
    61.3%
  • Change since 2017: -3.0

Vote share

Party % share
Conservative 72.3%
Labour 15.5%
Liberal Democrat 5.8%
Green 2.8%
Independent 2.5%
Independent 0.6%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Conservative +11.0 Gained
  • Liberal Democrat +3.8 Gained
  • Independent +2.5 Gained
  • Green +1.2 Gained
  • Independent +0.6 Gained
  • Labour -9.9 Lost

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Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

CON

Conservative

 Giles Watling Votes 27,031 header_vote_share 61.2 Net percentage change in seats +24.6
Party

LAB

Labour

 Tasha Osben Votes 11,203 header_vote_share 25.4 Net percentage change in seats +11.0
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 Paul Oakley Votes 3,357 header_vote_share 7.6 Net percentage change in seats -36.8
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 David Grace Votes 887 header_vote_share 2.0 Net percentage change in seats +0.2
Party

GRN

Green Party

 Chris Southall Votes 719 header_vote_share 1.6 Net percentage change in seats -1.0
Party

IND

Independent

 Caroline Shearer Votes 449 header_vote_share 1.0 Net percentage change in seats +1.0
Party

ED

English Democrats

 Robin Tilbrook Votes 289 header_vote_share 0.7 Net percentage change in seats +0.7
Party

IND

Independent

 Nick Martin Votes 210 header_vote_share 0.5 Net percentage change in seats +0.5

Change compared with 2015
UKIP WIN

Results

UKIP
, with candidate Douglas Carswell
, have the following results:
  • 19,642 total votes taken.
  • 44.4% share of the total vote
  • +44.4% change in share of the votes
Conservative
, with candidate Giles Watling
, have the following results:
  • 16,205 total votes taken.
  • 36.7% share of the total vote
  • -16.4% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Tim Young
, have the following results:
  • 6,364 total votes taken.
  • 14.4% share of the total vote
  • -10.6% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Chris Southall
, have the following results:
  • 1,184 total votes taken.
  • 2.7% share of the total vote
  • +1.4% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate David Grace
, have the following results:
  • 812 total votes taken.
  • 1.8% share of the total vote
  • -11.1% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010