UK general elections › 2017 › Rayleigh and Wickford
Rayleigh and Wickford — 2017
Mark Francois (Conservative Party) was elected with 36,914 votes— 66.7% of 55,323 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 66.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +16.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,323
| 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 | Mark Francois | Conservative Party | 36,914 | 66.7% | +16.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Daniels | Labour Party | 13,464 | 24.3% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Smith | UK Independence Party | 2,326 | 4.2% | — | |
| 4 | Ron Tindall | Liberal Democrats | 1,557 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Hill | Green Party | 1,062 | 1.9% | — |
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.