UK general elections › 2017 › Sedgefield
Sedgefield — 2017
Phil Wilson (Labour Party) was elected with 22,202 votes— 53.4% of 41,591 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,591
| 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 | Phil Wilson | Labour Party | 22,202 | 53.4% | +3.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dehenna Davison | Conservative Party | 16,143 | 38.8% | — | |
| 3 | John Grant | UK Independence Party | 1,763 | 4.2% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Psallidas | Liberal Democrats | 797 | 1.9% | — | |
| 5 | Melissa Wilson | Green Party | 686 | 1.6% | — |
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.