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Hove — 2017

Peter Kyle (Labour Party) was elected with 36,942 votes64.1% of 57,596 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,596

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
1Peter Kyle Labour Party 36,94264.1%+14.1 ptsElected
2Kristy Adams Conservative Party 18,18531.6%
3Carrie Hynds Liberal Democrats 1,3112.3%
4Phelim Mac Cafferty Green Party 9711.7%
5Charley Sabel Independent 1870.3%

Electorate 74,236 · Turnout 77.6% · Majority 18,757 · 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.