UK general elections › 2017 › Blackpool South
Blackpool South — 2017
Gordon Marsden (Labour Party) was elected with 17,581 votes— 50.3% of 34,953 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,953
| 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 | Gordon Marsden | Labour Party | 17,581 | +0.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Peter Anthony | Conservative Party | 15,058 | — | ||
| 3 | Noel Matthews | UK Independence Party | 1,339 | — | ||
| 4 | Bill Greene | Liberal Democrats | 634 | — | ||
| 5 | John Warnock | Green Party | 341 | — |
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.