UK general elections › 2017 › Clacton
Clacton — 2017
Giles Watling (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,031 votes— 61.2% of 44,145 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,145
| 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 | Giles Watling | Conservative Party | 27,031 | +11.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Tasha Osben | Labour Party | 11,203 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul Oakley | UK Independence Party | 3,357 | — | ||
| 4 | David Grace | Liberal Democrats | 887 | — | ||
| 5 | Chris Southall | Green Party | 719 | — | ||
| 6 | Caroline Shearer | Independent | 449 | — | ||
| 7 | Robin Tilbrook | English Democrats | 289 | — | ||
| 8 | Nick Martin | Independent | 210 | — |
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.