UK general elections › 2017 › Dudley North
Dudley North — 2017
Ian Austin (Labour Party) was elected with 18,090 votes— 46.5% of 38,910 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. 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,910
| 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 | Ian Austin | Labour Party | 18,090 | 46.5% | −3.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Les Jones | Conservative Party | 18,068 | 46.4% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Etheridge | UK Independence Party | 2,144 | 5.5% | — | |
| 4 | Ben France | Liberal Democrats | 368 | 0.9% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Nixon | Green Party | 240 | 0.6% | — |
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.