UK general elections › 2017 › Wentworth and Dearne
Wentworth and Dearne — 2017
John Healey (Labour Party) was elected with 28,547 votes— 65.0% of 43,947 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 65.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +15.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,947
| 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 | John Healey | Labour Party | 28,547 | 65.0% | +15.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steven Jackson | Conservative Party | 13,744 | 31.3% | — | |
| 3 | Janice Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 1,656 | 3.8% | — |
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.