UK general elections2017 › Harrogate and Knaresborough

Harrogate and Knaresborough — 2017

Andrew Jones (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,477 votes55.5% of 56,740 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,740

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Andrew Jones Conservative Party 31,47755.5%+5.5 ptsElected
2Helen Flynn Liberal Democrats 13,30923.5%
3Mark Sewards Labour Party 11,39520.1%
4Donald Fraser Independent 5591.0%

Electorate 77,280 · Turnout 73.4% · Majority 18,168 · Back to 2017 overview

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.