UK general elections › 2017 › Southampton, Test
Southampton, Test — 2017
Alan Whitehead (Labour Party) was elected with 27,509 votes— 58.7% of 46,903 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,903
| 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 | Alan Whitehead | Labour Party | 27,509 | 58.7% | +8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Holmes | Conservative Party | 16,006 | 34.1% | — | |
| 3 | Thomas Gravatt | Liberal Democrats | 1,892 | 4.0% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Pope | Southampton Independents | 816 | 1.7% | — | |
| 5 | Keith Morrell | Independent | 680 | 1.4% | — |
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.