UK general elections › 2017 › Central Devon
Central Devon — 2017
Mel Stride (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,278 votes— 54.1% of 57,844 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,844
| 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 | Mel Stride | Conservative Party | 31,278 | 54.1% | +4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lisa Robillard Webb | Labour Party | 15,598 | 27.0% | — | |
| 3 | Alex White | Liberal Democrats | 6,770 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Andy Williamson | Green Party | 1,531 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Tim Matthews | UK Independence Party | 1,326 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | John Dean | National Health Action Party | 871 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Lloyd Knight | Liberal | 470 | 0.8% | — |
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.