UK general elections › 2017 › Ashfield
Ashfield — 2017
Gloria De Piero (Labour Party) was elected with 21,285 votes— 42.6% of 49,993 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,993
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloria De Piero | Labour Party | 21,285 | 42.6% | −7.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tony Harper | Conservative Party | 20,844 | 41.7% | — | |
| 3 | Gail Turner | Ashfield Independents | 4,612 | 9.2% | — | |
| 4 | Ray Young | UK Independence Party | 1,885 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Bob Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | 969 | 1.9% | — | |
| 6 | Arran Rangi | Green Party | 398 | 0.8% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.