UK general elections › 2017 › Newark
Newark — 2017
Robert Jenrick (Conservative Party) was elected with 34,493 votes— 62.7% of 55,042 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,042
| 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 | Robert Jenrick | Conservative Party | 34,493 | 62.7% | +12.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chantal Lee | Labour Party | 16,344 | 29.7% | — | |
| 3 | David Watts | Liberal Democrats | 2,786 | 5.1% | — | |
| 4 | Xandra Arundel | UK Independence Party | 1,419 | 2.6% | — |
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.