UK general elections › 2017 › Huddersfield
Huddersfield — 2017
Barry Sheerman (Labour Party) was elected with 26,470 votes— 60.4% of 43,834 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,834
| 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 | Barry Sheerman | Labour Party | 26,470 | 60.4% | +10.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Scott Benton | Conservative Party | 14,465 | 33.0% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Cooper | Green Party | 1,395 | 3.2% | — | |
| 4 | Zulfiqar Ali | Liberal Democrats | 1,155 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Bikatshi Katenga | The Yorkshire Party | 274 | 0.6% | — | |
| 6 | Marteen Thokkudubiyyapu | Independent | 75 | 0.2% | — |
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.