UK general elections › 2017 › Gateshead
Gateshead — 2017
Ian Mearns (Labour Party) was elected with 27,426 votes— 65.1% of 42,103 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 65.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +15.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,103
| 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 | Ian Mearns | Labour Party | 27,426 | 65.1% | +15.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lauren Hankinson | Conservative Party | 10,076 | 23.9% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Bell | UK Independence Party | 2,281 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | Frank Hindle | Liberal Democrats | 1,709 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Redfern | Green Party | 611 | 1.5% | — |
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.