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Corby — 2017

Tom Pursglove (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,534 votes49.2% of 59,997 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,997

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Tom Pursglove Conservative Party 29,53449.2%−0.8 ptsElected
2Beth Miller Labour Party 26,84444.7%
3Chris Stanbra Liberal Democrats 1,5452.6%
4Sam Watts UK Independence Party 1,4952.5%
5Steven Scrutton Green Party 5791.0%

Electorate 83,020 · Turnout 72.3% · Majority 2,690 · Back to 2017 overview

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.