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 31,278+4.1 ptsElected
2Lisa Robillard Webb Labour Party 15,598
3Alex White Liberal Democrats 6,770
4Andy Williamson Green Party 1,531
5Tim Matthews UK Independence Party 1,326
6John Dean National Health Action Party 871
7Lloyd Knight Liberal 470

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.