UK general elections › 2017 › Rother Valley
Rother Valley — 2017
Kevin Barron (Labour Party) was elected with 23,821 votes— 48.1% of 49,488 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,488
| 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 | Kevin Barron | Labour Party | 23,821 | 48.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bethan Eddy | Conservative Party | 19,939 | 40.3% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Hunter | UK Independence Party | 3,704 | 7.5% | — | |
| 4 | Katie Pruszynski | Liberal Democrats | 1,155 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Martin | Green Party | 869 | 1.8% | — |
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.