UK general elections › 2017 › Canterbury
Canterbury — 2017
Rosie Duffield (Labour Party) was elected with 25,572 votes— 45.0% of 56,800 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,800
| 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 | Rosie Duffield | Labour Party | 25,572 | 45.0% | −5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julian Brazier | Conservative Party | 25,385 | 44.7% | — | |
| 3 | James Flanagan | Liberal Democrats | 4,561 | 8.0% | — | |
| 4 | Henry Stanton | Green Party | 1,282 | 2.3% | — |
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.