UK general elections › 2017 › Rochford and Southend East
Rochford and Southend East — 2017
James Duddridge (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,013 votes— 48.7% of 47,248 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. 48.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,248
| 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 | James Duddridge | Conservative Party | 23,013 | 48.7% | −1.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ashley Dalton | Labour Party | 17,465 | 37.0% | — | |
| 3 | Ron Woodley | Independent | 2,924 | 6.2% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Hookway | UK Independence Party | 1,777 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Gwizdala | Liberal Democrats | 1,265 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Simon Cross | Green Party | 804 | 1.7% | — |
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.