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Bexhill and Battle — 2017

Huw Merriman (Conservative Party) was elected with 36,854 votes62.0% of 59,472 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,472

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Huw Merriman Conservative Party 36,854+12.0 ptsElected
2Christine Bayliss Labour Party 14,689
3Joel Kemp Liberal Democrats 4,485
4Geoffrey Bastin UK Independence Party 2,006
5Jonathan Kent Green Party 1,438

Electorate 81,331 · Turnout 73.1% · Majority 22,165 · Back to 2017 overview

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.