UK general elections › 2017 › Bournemouth East
Bournemouth East — 2017
Tobias Ellwood (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,221 votes— 51.9% of 48,618 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,618
| 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 | Tobias Ellwood | Conservative Party | 25,221 | 51.9% | +1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mel Semple | Labour Party | 17,284 | 35.6% | — | |
| 3 | Jon Nicholas | Liberal Democrats | 3,168 | 6.5% | — | |
| 4 | David Hughes | UK Independence Party | 1,405 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Alasdair Keddie | Green Party | 1,236 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Kieron Wilson | Independent | 304 | 0.6% | — |
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.