UK general elections › 2017 › Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean — 2017
Mark Harper (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,096 votes— 54.3% of 51,767 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,767
| 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 | Mark Harper | Conservative Party | 28,096 | 54.3% | +4.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Shaun Stammers | Labour Party | 18,594 | 35.9% | — | |
| 3 | Janet Ellard | Liberal Democrats | 2,029 | 3.9% | — | |
| 4 | James Greenwood | Green Party | 1,241 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | Ernie Warrender | UK Independence Party | 1,237 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Julian Burrett | Independent | 570 | 1.1% | — |
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.