UK general elections › 2017 › Heywood and Middleton
Heywood and Middleton — 2017
Liz McInnes (Labour Party) was elected with 26,578 votes— 53.3% of 49,865 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,865
| 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 | Liz McInnes | Labour Party | 26,578 | 53.3% | +3.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Clarkson | Conservative Party | 18,961 | 38.0% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Seville | UK Independence Party | 3,239 | 6.5% | — | |
| 4 | Bill Winlow | Liberal Democrats | 1,087 | 2.2% | — |
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.