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High Peak — 2017
Ruth George (Labour Party) was elected with 26,753 votes— 49.7% of 53,853 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,853
| 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 | Ruth George | Labour Party | 26,753 | 49.7% | −0.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Bingham | Conservative Party | 24,431 | 45.4% | — | |
| 3 | Charles Lawley | Liberal Democrats | 2,669 | 5.0% | — |
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.