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Shrewsbury and Atcham — 2017

Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,073 votes50.0% of 58,203 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. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,203

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Daniel Kawczynski Conservative Party 29,0730.0 ptsElected
2Laura Davies Labour Party 22,446
3Hannah Fraser Liberal Democrats 4,254
4Edward Higginbottom UK Independence Party 1,363
5Emma Bullard Green Party 1,067

Electorate 79,043 · Turnout 73.6% · Majority 6,627 · Back to 2017 overview

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.