UK general elections › 2017 › Northampton North
Northampton North — 2017
Michael Ellis (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,065 votes— 47.2% of 40,378 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,378
| 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 | Michael Ellis | Conservative Party | 19,065 | 47.2% | −2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sally Keeble | Labour Party | 18,258 | 45.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Bullock | UK Independence Party | 1,404 | 3.5% | — | |
| 4 | George Smid | Liberal Democrats | 1,015 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Miller | Green Party | 636 | 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.