Sherwood: New Boundaries 2018 Calculation

Sherwood: Overview

Projection: CON seat

Implied MP at 2017:Mark Spencer  (CON)
County/Area:Nottinghamshire (East Midlands)
Electorate:77,150
Turnout:71.0%

PartyImplied 2017 VotesImplied 2017 Share
CON27,04349.3%
LAB24,86745.4%
UKIP1,4032.6%
LIB9371.7%
Green5641.0%
CON Majority2,1764.0%

See overview of other seats in East Midlands.



Introduction

This page shows the detail of the calculations performed to estimate the general election result for 2017 had the new boundaries for Sherwood been in force at that time. The basic idea of the calculation is to look at the district council wards which make up the new seat, and estimate how they voted in 2017. This estimate is based on the recent local election results in those wards, with adjustments made to allow for different turnouts and different voting patterns for local and general elections.

In many cases, wards are divided between several old constituencies or between new constituencies. So the same ward may be shown more than once, but the electorate shown will reflect that ward sub-section.

Election results from a recent local election are given. This is usually the local election closest to 2015 from the period 2012-2015. For multiple-member wards, the votes shown are the sum of the votes cast for all candidates of each party. A negative number indicates candidate(s) elected unopposed.

Calculation method

There are two problems with using the raw (actual) local election results to imply general election results ward-by-ward. Firstly, turnout can be different between local and general elections, which means that the total number of local votes cast does not equal the number of votes cast in each old seat at the general election. To correct for this, we adjust the local votes to match the general election turnout. Each ward's result is scaled, whilst keeping constant the percentage support for each party, so that the total turnout adds up to the old seat's general election turnout. All wards in the old seat are assumed to have the same percentage turnout.

Secondly, even though we now have the correct number of votes in the old seat, the party totals will not match the general election result. Some parties do better at the local election than the general election, and others do vice versa. We call these strong and weak parties respectively. The next step is to transfer votes from strong parties to weak parties. This is done by taking votes proportionally away from strong parties and putting them in a transfer pool. For instance if a party got 12,500 local votes, but only 10,000 general election votes, it will lose 20% over all the wards. These votes in each ward will be put in the ward's transfer pool and allocated to the weak parties. Weak parties will get votes transferred to them in proportion to the votes they need over the old seat. For instance, if two weak parties need 4,000 and 1,000 votes respectively, the first party will get 80% of each ward's transfer pool and the second party will get 20% of each ward's transfer pool. The transfer of votes between parties is done using the Electoral Calculus Transition Model.

More details of the calculation formulas are available.

Sherwood: Map

Boundary Lines courtesy of Ordnance Survey OpenData © Crown copyright 2015, Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

List of old seats forming part of Sherwood

The old seat(s) needed are:

Old seat: Gedling

The table shows the transfer-adjusted results for each ward in the old seat of Gedling, as well as showing which new seat each ward is in.

Old seat: GedlingTransfer-adjusted Results
DistrictWardElectorate
2017
New SeatCON
Votes
LAB
Votes
LIB
Votes
UKIP
Votes
Green
Votes
NAT
Votes
MIN
Votes
OTH
Votes
Total
Votes
GedlingBestwood St Albans2,418Sherwood7861,0152444110001,880
GedlingCarlton4,072Nottingham East and Carlton1,2261,6806165160003,048
GedlingCarlton Hill5,934Nottingham East and Carlton1,7612,761119111290004,781
GedlingCavendish4,082Nottingham East and Carlton1,2401,6787775190003,089
GedlingColwick2,015Nottingham East and Carlton6958211134220001,583
GedlingCoppice4,501Sherwood1,4441,7303772540003,337
GedlingDaybrook4,173Sherwood1,0862,0533775210003,272
GedlingErnehale4,526Sherwood1,4691,7428479590003,433
GedlingGedling4,415Nottingham East and Carlton1,4761,6219076590003,322
GedlingNetherfield3,867Nottingham East and Carlton1,0981,9745974570003,262
GedlingPhoenix4,131Nottingham East and Carlton1,2531,7239984230003,182
GedlingPlains5,670Sherwood2,0141,5758679570003,811
GedlingPorchester6,225Nottingham East and Carlton1,9472,3578693360004,519
GedlingRedhill4,666Sherwood1,3491,5912866160003,050
GedlingTrent Valley4,136Nottingham East and Carlton1,6431,1416459150002,922
GedlingWoodthorpe4,379Sherwood1,6521,3739359240003,201
 Total69,210 22,13926,8351,0551,14551800051,692

The full details of these calculations are given on the Gedling seat details page. Click on "Show workings".

Old seat: Newark

The table shows the transfer-adjusted results for each ward in the old seat of Newark, as well as showing which new seat each ward is in.

Old seat: NewarkTransfer-adjusted Results
DistrictWardElectorate
2017
New SeatCON
Votes
LAB
Votes
LIB
Votes
UKIP
Votes
Green
Votes
NAT
Votes
MIN
Votes
OTH
Votes
Total
Votes
BassetlawEast Markham1,929Newark984344322100001,381
BassetlawRampton1,595Newark825397322200001,276
BassetlawTuxford and Trent3,395Newark1,378887644200002,371
Newark and SherwoodBalderton North and Coddington5,015Newark2,3541,1371517300003,715
Newark and SherwoodBalderton South3,663Newark1,6749231045100002,752
Newark and SherwoodBeacon5,714Newark2,5811,66324023500004,719
Newark and SherwoodBridge3,953Newark1,9041,38715625000003,697
Newark and SherwoodCastle2,115Newark9586461209500001,819
Newark and SherwoodCollingham4,262Newark1,9926373144900002,992
Newark and SherwoodDevon6,061Newark2,5122,47617210600005,266
Newark and SherwoodDover Beck1,889Newark1,055241311800001,345
Newark and SherwoodFarndon and Fernwood4,631Newark2,2947379814800003,277
Newark and SherwoodLowdham2,218Newark1,512397882900002,026
Newark and SherwoodMuskham2,285Newark1,1583111382500001,632
Newark and SherwoodRainworth North and Rufford338Sherwood124114750000250
Newark and SherwoodSouthwell5,542Newark2,6181,0364566100004,171
Newark and SherwoodSutton-on-Trent2,433Newark1,1443701632600001,703
Newark and SherwoodTrent2,263Newark1,311282382000001,651
RushcliffeBingham East3,841Newark1,7497331424900002,673
RushcliffeBingham West3,523Newark1,5187351144200002,409
RushcliffeCranmer1,845Newark1,209423622400001,718
RushcliffeEast Bridgford1,644Newark741254341400001,043
RushcliffeThoroton1,666Newark896215291500001,155
 Total71,820 34,49116,3452,7851,420000055,041

The full details of these calculations are given on the Newark seat details page. Click on "Show workings".

Old seat: Sherwood

The table shows the transfer-adjusted results for each ward in the old seat of Sherwood, as well as showing which new seat each ward is in.

Old seat: SherwoodTransfer-adjusted Results
DistrictWardElectorate
2017
New SeatCON
Votes
LAB
Votes
LIB
Votes
UKIP
Votes
Green
Votes
NAT
Votes
MIN
Votes
OTH
Votes
Total
Votes
AshfieldHucknall Central5,183Broxtowe and Hucknall1,7341,863171194580004,020
AshfieldHucknall North7,490Broxtowe and Hucknall2,4682,0921122171460005,035
AshfieldHucknall South5,321Broxtowe and Hucknall1,7281,854102186500003,920
AshfieldHucknall West6,931Broxtowe and Hucknall2,6462,142122237600005,207
GedlingBestwood St Albans1,434Sherwood5034963550160001,100
GedlingCalverton5,712Sherwood2,2331,545100188500004,116
GedlingDumbles2,294Sherwood1,1893462264170001,638
GedlingNewstead Abbey6,362Sherwood3,0621,09072178490004,451
GedlingPlains784Sherwood286169282216000521
GedlingRedhill29Sherwood9801000018
Newark and SherwoodBilsthorpe2,322Sherwood1,0009122439190001,994
Newark and SherwoodBoughton2,259Sherwood9108001737130001,777
Newark and SherwoodDover Beck468Newark25064353000325
Newark and SherwoodEdwinstowe and Clipstone7,426Sherwood2,7572,64280114480005,641
Newark and SherwoodFarnsfield2,133Newark1,0544272326160001,546
Newark and SherwoodOllerton6,303Sherwood2,0212,5347698370004,766
Newark and SherwoodRainworth North and Rufford4,568Sherwood1,7191,4433968270003,296
Newark and SherwoodRainworth South and Blidworth3,852Sherwood1,4301,6894865300003,262
Newark and SherwoodSouthwell1,000Newark49318040139000735
 Total71,871 27,49222,2961,1141,80266400053,368

The full details of these calculations are given on the Sherwood seat details page. Click on "Show workings".

New seat: Sherwood

The new seat of Sherwood is made up of the following wards, with the transfer-adjusted votes shown.

New seat: Sherwood
DistrictWardElectorate
2017
Old Seat CON
Votes
LAB
Votes
LIB
Votes
UKIP
Votes
Green
Votes
NAT
Votes
MIN
Votes
OTH
Votes
Total
Votes
GedlingBestwood St Albans2,590Gedling7861,0152444110001,880
GedlingBestwood St Albans1,570Sherwood5034963550160001,100
GedlingCalverton5,877Sherwood2,2331,545100188500004,116
GedlingCoppice4,598Gedling1,4441,7303772540003,337
GedlingDaybrook4,508Gedling1,0862,0533775210003,272
GedlingDumbles2,337Sherwood1,1893462264170001,638
GedlingErnehale4,730Gedling1,4691,7428479590003,433
GedlingNewstead Abbey6,356Sherwood3,0621,09072178490004,451
GedlingPlains5,250Gedling2,0141,5758679570003,811
GedlingPlains742Sherwood286169282216000521
GedlingRedhill4,201Gedling1,3491,5912866160003,050
GedlingRedhill27Sherwood9801000018
GedlingWoodthorpe4,411Gedling1,6521,3739359240003,201
Newark and SherwoodBilsthorpe2,847Sherwood1,0009122439190001,994
Newark and SherwoodBoughton2,536Sherwood9108001737130001,777
Newark and SherwoodEdwinstowe and Clipstone8,055Sherwood2,7572,64280114480005,641
Newark and SherwoodOllerton6,806Sherwood2,0212,5347698370004,766
Newark and SherwoodRainworth North and Rufford343Newark124114750000250
Newark and SherwoodRainworth North and Rufford4,707Sherwood1,7191,4433968270003,296
Newark and SherwoodRainworth South and Blidworth4,659Sherwood1,4301,6894865300003,262
 Total77,150 27,04324,8679371,40356400054,814

And these are the implied results for 2017 for the new seat of Sherwood. Please note that the wards used are those of 2015 in order to be consistent with those used by the Boundary Commissions.


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