UK general elections › 2017 › Watford
Watford — 2017
Richard Harrington (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,731 votes— 45.6% of 58,610 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. 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,610
| 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 | Richard Harrington | Conservative Party | 26,731 | 45.6% | −4.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Ostrowski | Labour Party | 24,639 | 42.0% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Stotesbury | Liberal Democrats | 5,335 | 9.1% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Green | UK Independence Party | 1,184 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | Alex Murray | Green Party | 721 | 1.2% | — |
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.