UK general elections2017 › Chelmsford

Chelmsford — 2017

Vicky Ford (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,525 votes53.7% 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

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
1Vicky Ford Conservative Party 30,52553.7%+3.7 ptsElected
2Chris Vince Labour Party 16,95329.8%
3Stephen Robinson Liberal Democrats 6,91612.2%
4Nigel Carter UK Independence Party 1,6452.9%
5Reza Hossain Green Party 8211.4%

Electorate 81,032 · Turnout 70.2% · Majority 13,572 · 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.