UK general elections2017 › Newark

Newark — 2017

Robert Jenrick (Conservative Party) was elected with 34,493 votes62.7% 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

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
1Robert Jenrick Conservative Party 34,49362.7%+12.7 ptsElected
2Chantal Lee Labour Party 16,34429.7%
3David Watts Liberal Democrats 2,7865.1%
4Xandra Arundel UK Independence Party 1,4192.6%

Electorate 75,510 · Turnout 72.9% · Majority 18,149 · 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.