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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Rochester & Strood

Parliamentary constituency

CON HOLD

Results

  1. Conservative
    Kelly Tolhurst
    • Votes: 31,151
    • Vote share %: 60.0
    • Vote share change: +5.6
  2. Labour
    Teresa Murray
    • Votes: 14,079
    • Vote share %: 27.1
    • Vote share change: -8.9
  3. Liberal Democrat
    Graham Colley
    • Votes: 3,717
    • Vote share %: 7.2
    • Vote share change: +4.9
  4. Green
    Sonia Hyner
    • Votes: 1,312
    • Vote share %: 2.5
    • Vote share change: +1.1
  5. UKIP
    Roy Freshwater
    • Votes: 1,080
    • Vote share %: 2.1
    • Vote share change: -3.3
  6. Independent
    Chris Spalding
    • Votes: 587
    • Vote share %: 1.1
    • Vote share change: +1.1

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • CON majority: 17,072
  • Registered voters: 82,056
  • % share:
    63.3%
  • Change since 2017: -1.7

Vote share

Party % share
Conservative 60.0%
Labour 27.1%
Liberal Democrat 7.2%
Green 2.5%
UKIP 2.1%
Independent 1.1%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Conservative +5.6 Gained
  • Liberal Democrat +4.9 Gained
  • Green +1.1 Gained
  • Independent +1.1 Gained
  • UKIP -3.3 Lost
  • Labour -8.9 Lost

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Results

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

CON

Conservative

 Kelly Tolhurst Votes 29,232 header_vote_share 54.4 Net percentage change in seats +10.3
Party

LAB

Labour

 Teresa Murray Votes 19,382 header_vote_share 36.0 Net percentage change in seats +16.3
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 David Allen Votes 2,893 header_vote_share 5.4 Net percentage change in seats -25.1
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 Bart Ricketts Votes 1,189 header_vote_share 2.2 Net percentage change in seats -0.2
Party

GRN

Green Party

 Sonia Hyner Votes 781 header_vote_share 1.5 Net percentage change in seats -1.4
Party

CPA

Christian Peoples Alliance

 Steve Benson Votes 163 header_vote_share 0.3 Net percentage change in seats +0.3
Party

IND

Independent

 Primerose Chiguri Votes 129 header_vote_share 0.2 Net percentage change in seats +0.2

Change compared with 2015
CON WIN

Results

Conservative
, with candidate Kelly Tolhurst
, have the following results:
  • 23,142 total votes taken.
  • 44.1% share of the total vote
  • -5.1% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Mark Reckless
, have the following results:
  • 16,009 total votes taken.
  • 30.5% share of the total vote
  • +30.5% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Naushabah Khan
, have the following results:
  • 10,396 total votes taken.
  • 19.8% share of the total vote
  • -8.7% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Clive Gregory
, have the following results:
  • 1,516 total votes taken.
  • 2.9% share of the total vote
  • +1.4% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Prue Bray
, have the following results:
  • 1,251 total votes taken.
  • 2.4% share of the total vote
  • -13.9% change in share of the votes
TUSC
, with candidate Dan Burn
, have the following results:
  • 202 total votes taken.
  • 0.4% share of the total vote
  • +0.4% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010