UK general elections2017 › Torbay

Torbay — 2017

Kevin Foster (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,141 votes53.0% of 51,174 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,174

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Kevin Foster Conservative Party 27,14153.0%+3.0 ptsElected
2Deborah Brewer Liberal Democrats 12,85825.1%
3Paul Raybould Labour Party 9,31018.2%
4Tony McIntyre UK Independence Party 1,2132.4%
5Sam Moss Green Party 6521.3%

Electorate 75,931 · Turnout 67.4% · Majority 14,283 · Back to 2017 overview

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.