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Pudsey — 2017

Stuart Andrew (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,550 votes47.4% of 53,959 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. 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,959

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
1Stuart Andrew Conservative Party 25,55047.4%−2.6 ptsElected
2Ian McCargo Labour Party 25,21946.7%
3Allen Nixon Liberal Democrats 1,7613.3%
4Bob Buxton The Yorkshire Party 1,1382.1%
5Michael Wharton Independent 2910.5%

Electorate 72,622 · Turnout 74.3% · Majority 331 · 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.