UK general elections › 2017 › Chelmsford
Chelmsford — 2017
Vicky Ford (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,525 votes— 53.7% of 56,860 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,860
| 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 | Vicky Ford | Conservative Party | 30,525 | 53.7% | +3.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Vince | Labour Party | 16,953 | 29.8% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 6,916 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Nigel Carter | UK Independence Party | 1,645 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Reza Hossain | Green Party | 821 | 1.4% | — |
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.