 Big Labour Surge In Mid Sussex Fails To Stop Soames Winning Again For The Conservatives
9th June 2017
by Peter Chapman
Labour almost doubled their vote in the Mid-Sussex Parliamentary election, but it wasn't enough to stop Nicholas Soames of the Conservatives running out as the comfortable winner once again.
| Mid Sussex Parliamentary Result - 2017 |
Votes |
% |
+/- |
| Nicholas Soames |
Conservative Party |
35,082 |
56.81 |
+0.7 |
| Greg Mountain |
Labour Party |
15,409 |
24.96 |
+11 % |
| Sarah Osborne |
Liberal Democrats |
7,855 |
12.72 |
+1.2% |
| Chris Jerrey |
Green Party |
1,571 |
2.54 |
-1.8% |
| Toby Brothers |
UKIP |
1,251 |
2.03 |
- 10% |
| Baron Von Thunderclap |
Monster Raving Loony Party |
464 |
0.75 |
+0.2% |
| Electorate: 84,170 Verified Votes: 61,632 Turnout: 73.3% |
- The Conservatives won with 57% of the vote, up 1% from the 2015 election.
- Greg Mountain amassed 15,409 votes for Labour, a vote share of 25%, an increase of 11%
- The Lib Dems jumped from fourth to third as Sarah Osborne gained 7,855 votes - a 1.2% increase compared to Daisy Cooper last time around.
- Chris Jerrey received 1,571 votes representing the Green party with a 4th place finish., up from 5th when Miranda Diboll was the Green candidate in 2015. However, Jerrey's vote share was down 1.8%
- Ukip's Toby Brothers saw his vote share drop 10% as he fell from 3rd to 5th compared to 2015. He achieved only 1,251 votes compared to 6,898 at the last election.
- Finally, it was a good night for Baron Von Thunderclap as his vote share for the Monster Raving Loony Party increased by 0.2%
- Turnout was up from 71.2% to 73.3%. 61,645 votes were cast compared to the 57,441 in 2015.
With a hung parliament, expect to be doing this all over again in the not too distant future!
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