UK general elections › 2017 › Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich — 2017
Laura Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 25,928 votes— 47.1% of 55,027 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. 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,027
| 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 | Laura Smith | Labour Party | 25,928 | 47.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Edward Timpson | Conservative Party | 25,880 | 47.0% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Stanley | UK Independence Party | 1,885 | 3.4% | — | |
| 4 | David Crowther | Liberal Democrats | 1,334 | 2.4% | — |
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.