UK general elections › 2017 › Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme — 2017
Paul Farrelly (Labour Party) was elected with 21,124 votes— 48.2% of 43,842 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. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,842
| 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 | Paul Farrelly | Labour Party | 21,124 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Owen Meredith | Conservative Party | 21,094 | 48.1% | — | |
| 3 | Nigel Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,624 | 3.7% | — |
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.