UK general elections › 2017 › Newcastle upon Tyne East
Newcastle upon Tyne East — 2017
Nicholas Brown (Labour Party) was elected with 28,127 votes— 67.6% of 41,637 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,637
| 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 | Nicholas Brown | Labour Party | 28,127 | 67.6% | +17.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Kitchen | Conservative Party | 8,866 | 21.3% | — | |
| 3 | Wendy Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 2,574 | 6.2% | — | |
| 4 | Tony Sanderson | UK Independence Party | 1,315 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Alistair Ford | Green Party | 755 | 1.8% | — |
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.