UK general elections › 2017 › North East Hertfordshire
North East Hertfordshire — 2017
Oliver Heald (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,587 votes— 58.6% of 55,580 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,580
| 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 | Oliver Heald | Conservative Party | 32,587 | 58.6% | +8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Doug Swanney | Labour Party | 15,752 | 28.3% | — | |
| 3 | Nicky Shepard | Liberal Democrats | 4,276 | 7.7% | — | |
| 4 | Tim Lee | Green Party | 2,965 | 5.3% | — |
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.