UK general elections › 2017 › Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield — 2017
Grant Shapps (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,374 votes— 51.0% of 51,669 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,669
| 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 | Grant Shapps | Conservative Party | 26,374 | 51.0% | +1.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anawar Miah | Labour Party | 19,005 | 36.8% | — | |
| 3 | Nigel Quinton | Liberal Democrats | 3,836 | 7.4% | — | |
| 4 | Dean Milliken | UK Independence Party | 1,441 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Christianne Sayers | Green Party | 835 | 1.6% | — | |
| 6 | Melvyn Jones | Independent | 178 | 0.3% | — |
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.