UK general elections › 2017 › South Swindon
South Swindon — 2017
Robert Buckland (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,809 votes— 48.4% 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
| 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 | Robert Buckland | Conservative Party | 24,809 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Church | Labour Party | 22,345 | 43.6% | — | |
| 3 | Stan Pajak | Liberal Democrats | 2,079 | 4.1% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Costello | UK Independence Party | 1,291 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn | Green Party | 747 | 1.5% | — |
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.