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Election for the constituency of East Yorkshire on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Yorkshire, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by Greg Knight with a majority of 15,006 - 27.8% - on a turnout of 66.6%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
KNIGHT, Greg Con 31,442 58.3% 7.7%
CLARK, Alan Lab 16,436 30.5% 9.8%
MINNS, Carl LD 2,134 4.0% -2.0%
DENNIS, Andrew UKIP 1,986 3.7% -14.2%
NORMAN, Timothy Yrks 1,015 1.9% -
JACKSON, Michael Green 943 1.7% -1.7%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 81,065, having a valid vote count of 53,956 and an invalid vote count of 97.

Result declared at 04:27 on 9 June 2017.