UK general elections › 2017 › Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Blackpool North and Cleveleys — 2017
Paul Maynard (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,255 votes— 49.4% of 41,007 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,007
| 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 | Paul Maynard | Conservative Party | 20,255 | −0.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Chris Webb | Labour Party | 18,232 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul White | UK Independence Party | 1,392 | — | ||
| 4 | Sue Close | Liberal Democrats | 747 | — | ||
| 5 | Duncan Royle | Green Party | 381 | — |
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.