UK general elections › 2017 › Wolverhampton South West
Wolverhampton South West — 2017
Eleanor Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 20,899 votes— 49.4% of 42,346 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,346
| 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 | Eleanor Smith | Labour Party | 20,899 | 49.4% | −0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Uppal | Conservative Party | 18,714 | 44.2% | — | |
| 3 | Rob Jones | UK Independence Party | 1,012 | 2.4% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Quarmby | Liberal Democrats | 784 | 1.9% | — | |
| 5 | Andrea Cantrill | Green Party | 579 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Jagmeet Singh | Independent | 358 | 0.8% | — |
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.