UK general elections › 2017 › Colchester
Colchester — 2017
Will Quince (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,565 votes— 45.9% of 53,545 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,545
| 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 | Will Quince | Conservative Party | 24,565 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tim Young | Labour Party | 18,888 | 35.3% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Russell | Liberal Democrats | 9,087 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Goacher | Green Party | 828 | 1.5% | — | |
| 5 | Robin Rennie | Christian Peoples Alliance | 177 | 0.3% | — |
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.