UK general elections › 2017 › Houghton and Sunderland South
Houghton and Sunderland South — 2017
Bridget Phillipson (Labour Party) was elected with 24,665 votes— 59.5% of 41,480 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,480
| 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 | Bridget Phillipson | Labour Party | 24,665 | +9.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Howell | Conservative Party | 12,324 | — | ||
| 3 | Michael Joyce | UK Independence Party | 2,379 | — | ||
| 4 | Paul Edgeworth | Liberal Democrats | 908 | — | ||
| 5 | Richard Bradley | Green Party | 725 | — | ||
| 6 | Mick Watson | Independent | 479 | — |
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.