UK general elections › 2017 › Harwich and North Essex
Harwich and North Essex — 2017
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,921 votes— 58.5% of 51,141 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,141
| 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 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative Party | 29,921 | 58.5% | +8.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rosalind Scott | Labour Party | 15,565 | 30.4% | — | |
| 3 | Dominic Graham | Liberal Democrats | 2,787 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | Aaaron Hammond | UK Independence Party | 1,685 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Blake Roberts | Green Party | 1,042 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Stephen Todd | Christian Peoples Alliance | 141 | 0.3% | — |
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.