UK general elections › 2017 › Christchurch
Christchurch — 2017
Christopher Chope (Conservative Party) was elected with 35,230 votes— 69.6% of 50,634 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 69.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +19.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,634
| 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 | Christopher Chope | Conservative Party | 35,230 | 69.6% | +19.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Patrick Canavan | Labour Party | 10,059 | 19.9% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Cox | Liberal Democrats | 4,020 | 7.9% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Rigby | Green Party | 1,325 | 2.6% | — |
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.