UK general elections › 2017 › Dewsbury
Dewsbury — 2017
Paula Sherriff (Labour Party) was elected with 28,814 votes— 51.0% of 56,545 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,545
| 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 | Paula Sherriff | Labour Party | 28,814 | 51.0% | +1.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Beth Prescott | Conservative Party | 25,493 | 45.1% | — | |
| 3 | Ednan Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 1,214 | 2.1% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Cope | Green Party | 1,024 | 1.8% | — |
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.