UK general elections › 2017 › St Helens South and Whiston
St Helens South and Whiston — 2017
Marie Rimmer (Labour Party) was elected with 35,879 votes— 67.8% of 52,886 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,886
| 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 | Marie Rimmer | Labour Party | 35,879 | 67.8% | +17.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ed McRandal | Conservative Party | 11,536 | 21.8% | — | |
| 3 | Brian Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 2,101 | 4.0% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Hitchen | UK Independence Party | 1,953 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Jess Northey | Green Party | 1,417 | 2.7% | — |
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.