UK general elections › 2017 › Cheltenham
Cheltenham — 2017
Alex Chalk (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,615 votes— 46.7% of 57,012 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,012
| 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 | Alex Chalk | Conservative Party | 26,615 | 46.7% | −3.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Horwood | Liberal Democrats | 24,046 | 42.2% | — | |
| 3 | Keith White | Labour Party | 5,408 | 9.5% | — | |
| 4 | Adam Van Coevorden | Green Party | 943 | 1.7% | — |
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.