UK general elections › 2017 › Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Newcastle upon Tyne Central — 2017
Chi Onwurah (Labour Party) was elected with 24,071 votes— 64.9% of 37,094 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,094
| 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 | Chi Onwurah | Labour Party | 24,071 | 64.9% | +14.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steve Kyte | Conservative Party | 9,134 | 24.6% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Cott | Liberal Democrats | 1,812 | 4.9% | — | |
| 4 | David Muat | UK Independence Party | 1,482 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Thomson | Green Party | 595 | 1.6% | — |
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.