UK general elections › 2017 › South Thanet
South Thanet — 2017
Craig Mackinlay (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,262 votes— 50.8% of 49,753 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,753
| 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 | Craig Mackinlay | Conservative Party | 25,262 | +0.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Raushan Ara | Labour Party | 18,875 | — | ||
| 3 | Stuart Piper | UK Independence Party | 2,997 | — | ||
| 4 | Jordan Williams | Liberal Democrats | 1,514 | — | ||
| 5 | Trevor Roper | Green Party | 809 | — | ||
| 6 | Tim Garbutt | Independent | 181 | — | ||
| 7 | Faith Fisher | Christian Peoples Alliance | 115 | — |
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.