UK general elections › 2017 › Washington and Sunderland West
Washington and Sunderland West — 2017
Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 24,639 votes— 60.7% of 40,574 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,574
| 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 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour Party | 24,639 | 60.7% | +10.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jonathan Gullis | Conservative Party | 11,699 | 28.8% | — | |
| 3 | Bryan Foster | UK Independence Party | 2,761 | 6.8% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Appleby | Liberal Democrats | 961 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | Michal Chantkowski | Green Party | 514 | 1.3% | — |
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.