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 26,046+5.2 ptsElected
2Julian Ware-Lane Labour Party 16,046
3Lucy Salek Liberal Democrats 2,110
4John Stansfield UK Independence Party 1,666
5Dominic Ellis Green Party 831
6Tino Callaghan Southend Independent Association 305
7Jason Pilley Independent 187

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.