UK general elections › 2017 › Bristol South
Bristol South — 2017
Karin Smyth (Labour Party) was elected with 32,666 votes— 60.1% of 54,382 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,382
| 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 | Karin Smyth | Labour Party | 32,666 | 60.1% | +10.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Weston | Conservative Party | 16,679 | 30.7% | — | |
| 3 | Benjamin Nutland | Liberal Democrats | 1,821 | 3.3% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Kealey | UK Independence Party | 1,672 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Tony Dyer | Green Party | 1,428 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | John Langley | Independent | 116 | 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.