UK general elections › 2017 › Lincoln
Lincoln — 2017
Karen Lee (Labour Party) was elected with 23,333 votes— 47.9% of 48,718 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,718
| 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 | Karen Lee | Labour Party | 23,333 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Karl McCartney | Conservative Party | 21,795 | 44.7% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,287 | 2.6% | — | |
| 4 | Caroline Kenyon | Liberal Democrats | 1,284 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Benjamin Loryman | Green Party | 583 | 1.2% | — | |
| 6 | Phil Gray | Independent | 312 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Iain Scott-Burdon | Independent | 124 | 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.