UK general elections2017 › Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex — 2017

Nicholas Soames (Conservative Party) was elected with 35,082 votes56.9% of 61,632 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 61,632

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Nicholas Soames Conservative Party 35,08256.9%+6.9 ptsElected
2Greg Mountain Labour Party 15,40925.0%
3Sarah Osborne Liberal Democrats 7,85512.7%
4Chris Jerrey Green Party 1,5712.5%
5Toby Brothers UK Independence Party 1,2512.0%
6Baron Von Thunderclap Official Monster Raving Loony Party 4640.8%

Electorate 84,170 · Turnout 73.2% · Majority 19,673 · Back to 2017 overview

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.