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Richmond Park — 2017
Zac Goldsmith (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,588 votes— 45.1% of 63,330 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 63,330
| 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 | Zac Goldsmith | Conservative Party | 28,588 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Olney | Liberal Democrats | 28,543 | 45.1% | — | |
| 3 | Cate Tuitt | Labour Party | 5,773 | 9.1% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Jewell | UK Independence Party | 426 | 0.7% | — |
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.