UK general elections › 2017 › South Dorset
South Dorset — 2017
Richard Drax (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,135 votes— 56.1% of 51,906 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,906
| 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 | Richard Drax | Conservative Party | 29,135 | 56.1% | +6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tashi Warr | Labour Party | 17,440 | 33.6% | — | |
| 3 | Howard Legg | Liberal Democrats | 3,053 | 5.9% | — | |
| 4 | Jon Orrell | Green Party | 2,278 | 4.4% | — |
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.