UK general elections › 2017 › City of Chester
City of Chester — 2017
Christian Matheson (Labour Party) was elected with 32,023 votes— 56.8% of 56,421 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,421
| 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 | Christian Matheson | Labour Party | 32,023 | 56.8% | +6.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Will Gallagher | Conservative Party | 22,847 | 40.5% | — | |
| 3 | Lizzie Jewkes | Liberal Democrats | 1,551 | 2.7% | — |
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.