UK general elections › 2017 › Thurrock
Thurrock — 2017
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,880 votes— 39.5% of 50,325 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. 39.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,325
| 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 | Jackie Doyle-Price | Conservative Party | 19,880 | 39.5% | −10.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Kent | Labour Party | 19,535 | 38.8% | — | |
| 3 | Tim Aker | UK Independence Party | 10,112 | 20.1% | — | |
| 4 | Kevin McNamara | Liberal Democrats | 798 | 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.