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Rushcliffe — 2017
Kenneth Clarke (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,223 votes— 51.8% of 58,311 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,311
| 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 | Kenneth Clarke | Conservative Party | 30,223 | 51.8% | +1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Mellen | Labour Party | 22,213 | 38.1% | — | |
| 3 | Jayne Phoenix | Liberal Democrats | 2,759 | 4.7% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Mallender | Green Party | 1,626 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Matthew Faithfull | UK Independence Party | 1,490 | 2.6% | — |
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.