UK general elections › 2017 › Southport
Southport — 2017
Damien Moore (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,541 votes— 38.7% of 47,956 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. 38.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,956
| 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 | Damien Moore | Conservative Party | 18,541 | 38.7% | −11.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Liz Savage | Labour Party | 15,627 | 32.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sue McGuire | Liberal Democrats | 12,661 | 26.4% | — | |
| 4 | Terry Durrance | UK Independence Party | 1,127 | 2.4% | — |
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.