UK general elections › 2017 › Exeter
Exeter — 2017
Ben Bradshaw (Labour Party) was elected with 34,336 votes— 62.0% of 55,423 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. 55,423
| 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 | Ben Bradshaw | Labour Party | 34,336 | 62.0% | +12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Taghdissian | Conservative Party | 18,219 | 32.9% | — | |
| 3 | Vanessa Newcombe | Liberal Democrats | 1,562 | 2.8% | — | |
| 4 | Joe Levy | Green Party | 1,027 | 1.9% | — | |
| 5 | Jonathan West | Independent | 212 | 0.4% | — | |
| 6 | Jonathan Bishop | Independent | 67 | 0.1% | — |
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.