UK general elections › 2017 › South West Hertfordshire
South West Hertfordshire — 2017
David Gauke (Conservative Party) was elected with 35,128 votes— 57.9% of 60,653 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,653
| 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 | David Gauke | Conservative Party | 35,128 | 57.9% | +7.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rob Wakely | Labour Party | 15,578 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | Christopher Townsend | Liberal Democrats | 7,078 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Paul De Hoest | Green Party | 1,576 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Anderson | UK Independence Party | 1,293 | 2.1% | — |
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.