UK general elections › 2017 › South Basildon and East Thurrock
South Basildon and East Thurrock — 2017
Stephen Metcalfe (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,811 votes— 56.9% of 47,120 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,120
| 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 | Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative Party | 26,811 | 56.9% | +6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Byron Taylor | Labour Party | 15,321 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Whittle | UK Independence Party | 3,193 | 6.8% | — | |
| 4 | Reetendra Banerji | Liberal Democrats | 732 | 1.6% | — | |
| 5 | Sim Harman | Green Party | 680 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Borg | British National Party | 383 | 0.8% | — |
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.