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Warrington South — 2017
Faisal Rashid (Labour Party) was elected with 29,994 votes— 48.4% of 61,995 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 61,995
| 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 | Faisal Rashid | Labour Party | 29,994 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Mowat | Conservative Party | 27,445 | 44.3% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Barr | Liberal Democrats | 3,339 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | John Boulton | Independent | 1,217 | 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.