Figure 1 General election turnout, 1992–2017
At 68.7%, turnout in June 2017 increased by 2.3% to the highest level since 1997 (Figure 1). Figures 2 and 3 show that, despite the two main parties being over-represented, the June 2017 result was in line with the proportion of votes, with the notable exception of the SNP which remains dramatically over-represented due to its geographical concentration.
Figure 4 shows that both the two main parties gained at the expense of smaller parties, particularly at the expense of the UKIP vote.
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