UK general elections2017 › Orpington

Orpington — 2017

Joseph Johnson (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,762 votes62.9% of 50,461 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,461

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Joseph Johnson Conservative Party 31,76262.9%+12.9 ptsElected
2Nigel de Gruchy Labour Party 12,30124.4%
3Alex Feakes Liberal Democrats 3,3156.6%
4Brian Philp UK Independence Party 2,0234.0%
5Tamara Galloway Green Party 1,0602.1%

Electorate 67,902 · Turnout 74.3% · Majority 19,461 · Back to 2017 overview

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.