UK general elections › 2017 › Sunderland Central
Sunderland Central — 2017
Julie Elliott (Labour Party) was elected with 25,056 votes— 55.5% of 45,111 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,111
| 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 | Julie Elliott | Labour Party | 25,056 | 55.5% | +5.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Conservative Party | 15,059 | 33.4% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Leighton | UK Independence Party | 2,209 | 4.9% | — | |
| 4 | Niall Hodson | Liberal Democrats | 1,777 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Rachel Featherstone | Green Party | 705 | 1.6% | — | |
| 6 | Sean Cockburn | Independent | 305 | 0.7% | — |
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.