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Witham — 2017

Priti Patel (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,670 votes64.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Priti Patel Conservative Party 31,67064.3%+14.3 ptsElected
2Phil Barlow Labour Party 13,02426.4%
3Jo Hayes Liberal Democrats 2,7155.5%
4James Abbott Green Party 1,8323.7%

Electorate 69,137 · Turnout 71.2% · Majority 18,646 · Back to 2017 overview

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.