UK general elections2017 › Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland — 2017

Simon Clarke (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,643 votes49.6% of 47,620 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. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,620

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
1Simon Clarke Conservative Party 23,64349.6%−0.4 ptsElected
2Tracy Harvey Labour Party 22,62347.5%
3Chris Foote-Wood Liberal Democrats 1,3542.8%

Electorate 72,336 · Turnout 65.8% · Majority 1,020 · 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.