UK general elections › 2017 › Stoke-on-Trent North
Stoke-on-Trent North — 2017
Ruth Smeeth (Labour Party) was elected with 21,272 votes— 50.9% of 41,786 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,786
| 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 | Ruth Smeeth | Labour Party | 21,272 | 50.9% | +0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ben Adams | Conservative Party | 18,913 | 45.3% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Whelan | Liberal Democrats | 916 | 2.2% | — | |
| 4 | Douglas Rouxel | Green Party | 685 | 1.6% | — |
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.