UK general elections › 2017 › Truro and Falmouth
Truro and Falmouth — 2017
Sarah Newton (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,123 votes— 44.4% of 56,647 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. 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,647
| 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 | Sarah Newton | Conservative Party | 25,123 | 44.4% | −5.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jayne Kirkham | Labour Party | 21,331 | 37.7% | — | |
| 3 | Rob Nolan | Liberal Democrats | 8,465 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | Duncan Odgers | UK Independence Party | 897 | 1.6% | — | |
| 5 | Amanda Pennington | Green Party | 831 | 1.5% | — |
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.