UK general elections › 2017 › Witham
Witham — 2017
Priti Patel (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,670 votes— 64.3% of 49,241 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,241
| 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 | Priti Patel | Conservative Party | 31,670 | 64.3% | +14.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Phil Barlow | Labour Party | 13,024 | 26.4% | — | |
| 3 | Jo Hayes | Liberal Democrats | 2,715 | 5.5% | — | |
| 4 | James Abbott | Green Party | 1,832 | 3.7% | — |
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.