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Leeds Central — 2017
Hilary Benn (Labour Party) was elected with 33,453 votes— 70.2% of 47,673 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 70.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +20.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,673
| 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 | Hilary Benn | Labour Party | 33,453 | 70.2% | +20.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Davies | Conservative Party | 9,755 | 20.5% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Palfreman | UK Independence Party | 2,056 | 4.3% | — | |
| 4 | Ed Carlisle | Green Party | 1,189 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Nash | Liberal Democrats | 1,063 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Alex Coetzee | Christian Peoples Alliance | 157 | 0.3% | — |
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.