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 35,082+6.9 ptsElected
2Greg Mountain Labour Party 15,409
3Sarah Osborne Liberal Democrats 7,855
4Chris Jerrey Green Party 1,571
5Toby Brothers UK Independence Party 1,251
6Baron Von Thunderclap Official Monster Raving Loony Party 464

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.