UK general elections › 2017 › St Austell and Newquay
St Austell and Newquay — 2017
Steve Double (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,856 votes— 49.5% of 54,212 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. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,212
| 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 | Steve Double | Conservative Party | 26,856 | 49.5% | −0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Neil | Labour Party | 15,714 | 29.0% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Gilbert | Liberal Democrats | 11,642 | 21.5% | — |
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.