An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Dewsbury, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Paula Sherriff with a majority of 3,321 - 5.9% - on a turnout of 69.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SHERRIFF, Paula | Lab | 28,814 | 51.0% | 9.2% |
PRESCOTT, Beth | Con | 25,493 | 45.1% | 6.0% |
HUSSAIN, Ednan | LD | 1,214 | 2.1% | -1.4% |
COPE, Simon | Green | 1,024 | 1.8% | -0.7% |
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 81,343, having a valid vote count of 56,545 and an invalid vote count of 155.
Result declared at 04:20 on 9 June 2017.