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Sittingbourne and Sheppey — 2017

Gordon Henderson (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,911 votes— 60.2% of 51,389 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,389

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
1Gordon Henderson Conservative Party 30,911+10.2 ptsElected
2Mike Rolfe Labour Party 15,700—
3Mike Baldock Independent 2,133—
4Keith Nevols Liberal Democrats 1,392—
5Mark Lindop Green Party 558—
6Mad Mike Young Official Monster Raving Loony Party 403—
7Lee McCall Independent 292—

Electorate 81,717 · Turnout 62.9% · Majority 15,211 · 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.