UK general elections › 2017 › Dover
Dover — 2017
Charlie Elphicke (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,211 votes— 52.4% of 51,966 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,966
| 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 | Charlie Elphicke | Conservative Party | 27,211 | 52.4% | +2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stacey Blair | Labour Party | 20,774 | 40.0% | — | |
| 3 | Piers Wauchope | UK Independence Party | 1,722 | 3.3% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Dodd | Liberal Democrats | 1,336 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Beccy Sawbridge | Green Party | 923 | 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.