UK general elections › 2017 › Maldon
Maldon — 2017
John Whittingdale (Conservative Party) was elected with 34,111 votes— 67.9% of 50,202 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,202
| 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 | John Whittingdale | Conservative Party | 34,111 | 67.9% | +17.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Edwards | Labour Party | 10,681 | 21.3% | — | |
| 3 | Zoe O'Connell | Liberal Democrats | 2,181 | 4.3% | — | |
| 4 | Jesse Pryke | UK Independence Party | 1,899 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Steven Betteridge | Green Party | 1,073 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Perry | British National Party | 257 | 0.5% | — |
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.