UK general elections › 2017 › Hertsmere
Hertsmere — 2017
Oliver Dowden (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,928 votes— 61.1% of 52,253 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,253
| 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 | Oliver Dowden | Conservative Party | 31,928 | 61.1% | +11.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Fiona Smith | Labour Party | 14,977 | 28.7% | — | |
| 3 | Joe Jordan | Liberal Democrats | 2,794 | 5.3% | — | |
| 4 | David Hoy | UK Independence Party | 1,564 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | Sophie Summerhayes | Green Party | 990 | 1.9% | — |
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.