UK general elections › 2017 › Portsmouth South
Portsmouth South — 2017
Stephen Morgan (Labour Party) was elected with 18,290 votes— 41.0% of 44,566 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. 41.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,566
| 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 | Stephen Morgan | Labour Party | 18,290 | 41.0% | −9.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Flick Drummond | Conservative Party | 16,736 | 37.6% | — | |
| 3 | Robert Vernon-Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 7,699 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Kevan Chippindall-Higgin | UK Independence Party | 1,129 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Ian McCulloch | Green Party | 712 | 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.