UK general elections2017 › Skipton and Ripon

Skipton and Ripon — 2017

Julian Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 36,425 votes62.7% of 58,138 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,138

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
1Julian Smith Conservative Party 36,42562.7%+12.7 ptsElected
2Alan Woodhead Labour Party 16,44028.3%
3Andy Brown Green Party 3,7346.4%
4Jack Render The Yorkshire Party 1,5392.6%

Electorate 78,104 · Turnout 74.4% · Majority 19,985 · 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.