UK general elections2017 › Southend West

Southend West — 2017

David Amess (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,046 votes55.2% of 47,191 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,191

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1David Amess Conservative Party 26,04655.2%+5.2 ptsElected
2Julian Ware-Lane Labour Party 16,04634.0%
3Lucy Salek Liberal Democrats 2,1104.5%
4John Stansfield UK Independence Party 1,6663.5%
5Dominic Ellis Green Party 8311.8%
6Tino Callaghan Southend Independent Association 3050.6%
7Jason Pilley Independent 1870.4%

Electorate 67,677 · Turnout 69.7% · Majority 10,000 · Back to 2017 overview

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.