UK general elections › 2017 › Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe — 2017
Damian Collins (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,197 votes— 54.7% of 58,875 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,875
| 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 | Damian Collins | Conservative Party | 32,197 | 54.7% | +4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Laura Davison | Labour Party | 16,786 | 28.5% | — | |
| 3 | Lynne Beaumont | Liberal Democrats | 4,222 | 7.2% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Priestly | UK Independence Party | 2,565 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Whybrow | Green Party | 2,498 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | David Plumstead | Independent | 493 | 0.8% | — | |
| 7 | Naomi Slade | Independent | 114 | 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.