UK general elections2017 › Derbyshire Dales

Derbyshire Dales — 2017

Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,744 votes60.0% of 49,571 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,571

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
1Patrick McLoughlin Conservative Party 29,74460.0%+10.0 ptsElected
2Andy Botham Labour Party 15,41731.1%
3Andrew Hollyer Liberal Democrats 3,1266.3%
4Matthew Buckler Green Party 1,0022.0%
5Robin Greenwood Humanity 2820.6%

Electorate 64,430 · Turnout 76.9% · Majority 14,327 · 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.