UK general elections › 2017 › South Suffolk
South Suffolk — 2017
James Cartlidge (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,829 votes— 60.5% of 54,235 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,235
| 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 | James Cartlidge | Conservative Party | 32,829 | 60.5% | +10.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Emma Bishton | Labour Party | 15,080 | 27.8% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorpe | Liberal Democrats | 3,154 | 5.8% | — | |
| 4 | Robert Lindsay | Green Party | 1,723 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Aidan Powlesland | UK Independence Party | 1,449 | 2.7% | — |
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.