UK general elections › 2017 › Oxford West and Abingdon
Oxford West and Abingdon — 2017
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,256 votes— 43.7% of 60,020 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,020
| 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 | Layla Moran | Liberal Democrats | 26,256 | 43.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nicola Blackwood | Conservative Party | 25,440 | 42.4% | — | |
| 3 | Marie Tidball | Labour Party | 7,573 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Harris | UK Independence Party | 751 | 1.3% | — |
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.