UK general elections › 2017 › East Worthing and Shoreham
East Worthing and Shoreham — 2017
Tim Loughton (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,988 votes— 48.9% of 53,117 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. 48.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,117
| 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 | Tim Loughton | Conservative Party | 25,988 | −1.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Sophie Cook | Labour Party | 20,882 | — | ||
| 3 | Oli Henman | Liberal Democrats | 2,523 | — | ||
| 4 | Mike Glennon | UK Independence Party | 1,444 | — | ||
| 5 | Leslie Groves Williams | Green Party | 1,273 | — | ||
| 6 | Carl Walker | National Health Action Party | 575 | — | ||
| 7 | Andy Lutwyche | Independent | 432 | — |
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.