UK general elections2017 › Central Devon

Central Devon — 2017

Mel Stride (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,278 votes54.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mel Stride Conservative Party 31,27854.1%+4.1 ptsElected
2Lisa Robillard Webb Labour Party 15,59827.0%
3Alex White Liberal Democrats 6,77011.7%
4Andy Williamson Green Party 1,5312.6%
5Tim Matthews UK Independence Party 1,3262.3%
6John Dean National Health Action Party 8711.5%
7Lloyd Knight Liberal 4700.8%

Electorate 74,370 · Turnout 77.8% · Majority 15,680 · Back to 2017 overview

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.