UK general elections › 2017 › South Shields
South Shields — 2017
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour Party) was elected with 25,078 votes— 61.5% of 40,772 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,772
| 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 | Emma Lewell-Buck | Labour Party | 25,078 | 61.5% | +11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Felicity Buchan | Conservative Party | 10,570 | 25.9% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Elvin | UK Independence Party | 3,006 | 7.4% | — | |
| 4 | Shirley Ford | Green Party | 1,437 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Gita Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 681 | 1.7% | — |
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.