UK general elections › 2017 › Southend West
Southend West — 2017
David Amess (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,046 votes— 55.2% 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
| 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 Amess | Conservative Party | 26,046 | 55.2% | +5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julian Ware-Lane | Labour Party | 16,046 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | Lucy Salek | Liberal Democrats | 2,110 | 4.5% | — | |
| 4 | John Stansfield | UK Independence Party | 1,666 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Dominic Ellis | Green Party | 831 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Tino Callaghan | Southend Independent Association | 305 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Jason Pilley | Independent | 187 | 0.4% | — |
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.