UK general elections › 2017 › Wirral South
Wirral South — 2017
Alison McGovern (Labour Party) was elected with 25,871 votes— 57.2% of 45,195 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,195
| 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 | Alison McGovern | Labour Party | 25,871 | 57.2% | +7.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Adam Sykes | Conservative Party | 17,548 | 38.8% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Carubia | Liberal Democrats | 1,322 | 2.9% | — | |
| 4 | Mandi Roberts | Green Party | 454 | 1.0% | — |
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.