UK general elections › 2017 › Brentwood and Ongar
Brentwood and Ongar — 2017
Alex Burghart (Conservative Party) was elected with 34,811 votes— 65.8% of 52,910 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 65.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +15.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,910
| 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 | Alex Burghart | Conservative Party | 34,811 | 65.8% | +15.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Barrett | Labour Party | 10,809 | 20.4% | — | |
| 3 | Karen Chilvers | Liberal Democrats | 4,426 | 8.4% | — | |
| 4 | Michael McGough | UK Independence Party | 1,845 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Jeater | Green Party | 915 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Louca Kousoulou | Independent | 104 | 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.