UK general elections › 2017 › Pudsey
Pudsey — 2017
Stuart Andrew (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,550 votes— 47.4% 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
| 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 | Stuart Andrew | Conservative Party | 25,550 | 47.4% | −2.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian McCargo | Labour Party | 25,219 | 46.7% | — | |
| 3 | Allen Nixon | Liberal Democrats | 1,761 | 3.3% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Buxton | The Yorkshire Party | 1,138 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Wharton | Independent | 291 | 0.5% | — |
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.