UK general elections › 2017 › Telford
Telford — 2017
Lucy Allan (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,777 votes— 48.7% of 44,686 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. 48.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,686
| 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 | Lucy Allan | Conservative Party | 21,777 | 48.7% | −1.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kuldip Sahota | Labour Party | 21,057 | 47.1% | — | |
| 3 | Susan King | Liberal Democrats | 954 | 2.1% | — | |
| 4 | Luke Shirley | Green Party | 898 | 2.0% | — |
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.