UK general elections › 2017 › Burton
Burton — 2017
Andrew Griffiths (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,936 votes— 58.0% of 49,911 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,911
| 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 | Andrew Griffiths | Conservative Party | 28,936 | 58.0% | +8.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John McKiernan | Labour Party | 18,889 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Dominic Hardwick | Liberal Democrats | 1,262 | 2.5% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Hales | Green Party | 824 | 1.7% | — |
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.