UK general elections › 2017 › West Dorset
West Dorset — 2017
Oliver Letwin (Conservative Party) was elected with 33,081 votes— 55.5% of 59,598 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,598
| 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 | Oliver Letwin | Conservative Party | 33,081 | 55.5% | +5.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andy Canning | Liberal Democrats | 13,990 | 23.5% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Rhodes | Labour Party | 10,896 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Kelvin Clayton | Green Party | 1,631 | 2.7% | — |
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.