UK general elections › 2017 › Loughborough
Loughborough — 2017
Nicky Morgan (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,022 votes— 49.9% of 54,148 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. 49.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,148
| 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 | Nicky Morgan | Conservative Party | 27,022 | 49.9% | −0.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jewel Miah | Labour Party | 22,753 | 42.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Walker | Liberal Democrats | 1,937 | 3.6% | — | |
| 4 | Andy McWilliam | UK Independence Party | 1,465 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | Philip Leicester | Green Party | 971 | 1.8% | — |
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.