UK general elections › 2017 › Chippenham
Chippenham — 2017
Michelle Donelan (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,267 votes— 54.7% of 57,140 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,140
| 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 | Michelle Donelan | Conservative Party | 31,267 | 54.7% | +4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Helen Belcher | Liberal Democrats | 14,637 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Newman | Labour Party | 11,236 | 19.7% | — |
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.