UK general elections › 2017 › Pendle
Pendle — 2017
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,986 votes— 49.0% of 44,854 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,854
| 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 | Andrew Stephenson | Conservative Party | 21,986 | 49.0% | −1.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Wayne Blackburn | Labour Party | 20,707 | 46.2% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Lishman | Liberal Democrats | 941 | 2.1% | — | |
| 4 | Brian Parker | British National Party | 718 | 1.6% | — | |
| 5 | Ian Barnett | Green Party | 502 | 1.1% | — |
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.