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South Swindon — 2017

Robert Buckland (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,809 votes48.4% of 51,271 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,271

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
1Robert Buckland Conservative Party 24,80948.4%−1.6 ptsElected
2Sarah Church Labour Party 22,34543.6%
3Stan Pajak Liberal Democrats 2,0794.1%
4Martin Costello UK Independence Party 1,2912.5%
5Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn Green Party 7471.5%

Electorate 72,372 · Turnout 70.8% · Majority 2,464 · 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.