UK general elections › 2017 › Blaydon
Blaydon — 2017
Liz Twist (Labour Party) was elected with 26,979 votes— 56.1% of 48,084 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,084
| 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 | Liz Twist | Labour Party | 26,979 | 56.1% | +6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Thomas Smith | Conservative Party | 13,502 | 28.1% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 4,366 | 9.1% | — | |
| 4 | Ray Tolley | UK Independence Party | 2,459 | 5.1% | — | |
| 5 | Paul McNally | Green Party | 583 | 1.2% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Marchetti | Libertarian Party | 114 | 0.2% | — | |
| 7 | Lisabela Marschild | Space Navies Party | 81 | 0.2% | — |
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.