Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Check out 'Voter Power' - try it for your constituency - results for Hexham

Hexham

Voter Power Index

Rank #187 of 650

Voter power in Hexham

0.311

Constituency marginality

Fairly safe

In Hexham, one person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 0.311 votes.

The power of voters in this constituency is based on the probability of the seat changing hands and its size.

While you might think that every vote counts equally, where you live in the UK has a huge effect on your power to influence the election.

How does Hexham compare?

Voters in Hexham have 1.23x more voting power than the UK average.

Average UK voter power

0.253

The average UK voter only has the power of 0.253 votes. This is because most of us live in safe seats, where the outcome is pretty much certain regardless of how we vote.

Hexham ranks #187 out of 650 constituencies in the Voter Power Index.

UK constituency marginality

We can be almost certain that 60% of seats will NOT change hands in the general election (very safe or ultra safe seats).

Further information

Marginality

The more times a seat changes hands, the more marginal it is deemed to be.

  • 1992 Con
  • 1997 Con
  • 2001 Con
  • 2005 Con

Constituency size

-12.30%

This constituency is smaller than average, which means a voter here is more likely to affect the national result.

Number of voters: 60,019

Average constituency: 68,433

2005 election data

58% of votes discarded

57.61% of those who voted in Hexham in 2005 did not vote for the winning candidate. These votes count for nothing in the First Past the Post system.

2005 General Election result

2005 General Election result in Hexham

Winner takes all

2005 General Election result in Hexham

Note: there have been boundary changes for this constituency since the last election. These are notional results.

If tis doesn't make us think nothing will

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