UK general elections › 2017 › East Devon
East Devon — 2017
Hugo Swire (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,306 votes— 48.5% of 60,382 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,382
| 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 | Hugo Swire | Conservative Party | 29,306 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Claire Wright | Independent | 21,270 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jan Ross | Labour Party | 6,857 | 11.4% | — | |
| 4 | Alison Eden | Liberal Democrats | 1,468 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | Brigitte Graham | UK Independence Party | 1,203 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Peter Faithfull | Independent | 150 | 0.2% | — | |
| 7 | Michael Val Davies | Independent | 128 | 0.2% | — |
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.