UK general elections › 2017 › North Thanet
North Thanet — 2017
Roger Gale (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,163 votes— 56.2% of 48,325 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,325
| 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 | Roger Gale | Conservative Party | 27,163 | 56.2% | +6.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Frances Rehal | Labour Party | 16,425 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | Clive Egan | UK Independence Party | 2,198 | 4.5% | — | |
| 4 | Martyn Pennington | Liberal Democrats | 1,586 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ed Targett | Green Party | 825 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Iris White | Christian Peoples Alliance | 128 | 0.3% | — |
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.