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Poole — 2017
Robert Syms (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,888 votes— 57.9% of 49,850 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,850
| 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 | Robert Syms | Conservative Party | 28,888 | 57.9% | +7.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Katie Taylor | Labour Party | 14,679 | 29.4% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Plummer | Liberal Democrats | 4,433 | 8.9% | — | |
| 4 | Adrian Oliver | Green Party | 1,299 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Marty Caine | Demos Direct Initiative Party | 551 | 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.