UK general elections › 2017 › Stockton South
Stockton South — 2017
Paul Williams (Labour Party) was elected with 26,102 votes— 48.5% of 53,824 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,824
| 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 | Paul Williams | Labour Party | 26,102 | −1.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | James Wharton | Conservative Party | 25,214 | — | ||
| 3 | David Outterside | UK Independence Party | 1,186 | — | ||
| 4 | Drew Durning | Liberal Democrats | 951 | — | ||
| 5 | Jo Fitzgerald | Green Party | 371 | — |
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.