UK general elections › 2017 › Knowsley
Knowsley — 2017
George Howarth (Labour Party) was elected with 47,351 votes— 85.3% of 55,483 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 85.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +35.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,483
| 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 | George Howarth | Labour Party | 47,351 | 85.3% | +35.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Spencer | Conservative Party | 5,137 | 9.3% | — | |
| 3 | Neil Miney | UK Independence Party | 1,285 | 2.3% | — | |
| 4 | Carl Cashman | Liberal Democrats | 1,189 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Baines | Green Party | 521 | 0.9% | — |
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.