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2017 general election · Wales

Islwyn: 2017 general election result

Chris Evans (Labour) won Islwyn at the 2017 general election with a majority of 11,412. Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Chris EvansLabour
Majority
11,41231.6% of valid votes
Turnout
64.2%36,093 valid votes
Electorate
56,256
Result
Lab hold
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Chris Evans Elected sitting MPLabour
Labour and Co-operative Party
21,23858.8%+9.9
Dan ThomasConservative9,82627.2%+12.1
Darren JonesPlaid Cymru2,7397.6%−3.1
Joe SmythUK Independence Party1,6054.5%−15.1
Matthew KidnerLiberal Democrats6851.9%−0.8
Valid votes36,093
Majority11,41231.6%

Change compared with the 2015 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 9 June 2017, 01:54.

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Questions and answers

Who won Islwyn at the 2017 general election?

Chris Evans (Labour) won with 21,238 votes (58.8%). Result: Lab hold.

What was the majority in Islwyn in 2017?

11,412 votes (31.6% of valid votes) over the Conservative candidate, Dan Thomas.

What was the turnout in Islwyn in 2017?

64.2% of the 56,256 registered electors cast a valid vote (36,093 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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