UK general elections2017 › Witney

Witney — 2017

Robert Courts (Conservative Party) was elected with 33,839 votes55.5% of 60,927 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. 60,927

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
1Robert Courts Conservative Party 33,83955.5%+5.5 ptsElected
2Laetisia Carter Labour Party 12,59820.7%
3Liz Leffman Liberal Democrats 12,45720.4%
4Claire Lasko Green Party 1,0531.7%
5Alexander Craig UK Independence Party 9801.6%

Electorate 82,727 · Turnout 73.6% · Majority 21,241 · 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.