UK general elections › 2017 › Hitchin and Harpenden
Hitchin and Harpenden — 2017
Bim Afolami (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,189 votes— 53.1% of 58,783 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,783
| 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 | Bim Afolami | Conservative Party | 31,189 | 53.1% | +3.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Hayes | Labour Party | 19,158 | 32.6% | — | |
| 3 | Hugh Annand | Liberal Democrats | 6,236 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Cano | Green Party | 1,329 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ray Blake | Independent | 629 | 1.1% | — | |
| 6 | Sid Cordle | Christian Peoples Alliance | 242 | 0.4% | — |
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.