UK general elections › 2017 › Southampton, Itchen
Southampton, Itchen — 2017
Royston Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,773 votes— 46.5% of 46,783 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. 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,783
| 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 | Royston Smith | Conservative Party | 21,773 | 46.5% | −3.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Letts | Labour Party | 21,742 | 46.5% | — | |
| 3 | Eleanor Bell | Liberal Democrats | 1,421 | 3.0% | — | |
| 4 | Kim Rose | UK Independence Party | 1,122 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | Rosie Pearce | Green Party | 725 | 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.