UK general elections › 2017 › Carlisle
Carlisle — 2017
John Stevenson (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,472 votes— 49.9% of 43,056 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. 49.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,056
| 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 | John Stevenson | Conservative Party | 21,472 | 49.9% | −0.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ruth Alcroft | Labour Party | 18,873 | 43.8% | — | |
| 3 | Fiona Mills | UK Independence Party | 1,455 | 3.4% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Thornton | Liberal Democrats | 1,256 | 2.9% | — |
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.