UK general elections › 2017 › Wansbeck
Wansbeck — 2017
Ian Lavery (Labour Party) was elected with 24,338 votes— 57.3% of 42,454 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,454
| 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 | Ian Lavery | Labour Party | 24,338 | 57.3% | +7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Galley | Conservative Party | 13,903 | 32.7% | — | |
| 3 | Joan Tebbutt | Liberal Democrats | 2,015 | 4.7% | — | |
| 4 | Melanie Hurst | UK Independence Party | 1,483 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Steven Leyland | Green Party | 715 | 1.7% | — |
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.