UK general elections › 2017 › Chesterfield
Chesterfield — 2017
Toby Perkins (Labour Party) was elected with 26,266 votes— 54.8% of 47,927 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,927
| 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 | Toby Perkins | Labour Party | 26,266 | 54.8% | +4.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Spencer Pitfield | Conservative Party | 16,661 | 34.8% | — | |
| 3 | Tom Snowdon | Liberal Democrats | 2,612 | 5.5% | — | |
| 4 | Stuart Bent | UK Independence Party | 1,611 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | David Wadsworth | Green Party | 777 | 1.6% | — |
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.