UK general elections › 2017 › Epping Forest
Epping Forest — 2017
Eleanor Laing (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,462 votes— 62.0% of 50,779 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,779
| 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 | Eleanor Laing | Conservative Party | 31,462 | 62.0% | +12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Liam Preston | Labour Party | 13,219 | 26.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jon Whitehouse | Liberal Democrats | 2,884 | 5.7% | — | |
| 4 | Patrick O'Flynn | UK Independence Party | 1,871 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Simon Heap | Green Party | 1,233 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Thomas Hall | Young People's Party | 110 | 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.