UK general elections2017 › Hitchin and Harpenden

Hitchin and Harpenden — 2017

Bim Afolami (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,189 votes53.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Bim Afolami Conservative Party 31,18953.1%+3.1 ptsElected
2John Hayes Labour Party 19,15832.6%
3Hugh Annand Liberal Democrats 6,23610.6%
4Richard Cano Green Party 1,3292.3%
5Ray Blake Independent 6291.1%
6Sid Cordle Christian Peoples Alliance 2420.4%

Electorate 75,916 · Turnout 77.4% · Majority 12,031 · Back to 2017 overview

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.