An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Hastings and Rye, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by Amber Rudd with a majority of 346 - 0.6% - on a turnout of 69.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
RUDD, Amber | Con | 25,668 | 46.9% | 2.3% |
CHOWNEY, Peter | Lab | 25,322 | 46.2% | 11.1% |
PERRY, Nicholas | LD | 1,885 | 3.4% | 0.3% |
SHERIDAN, Michael | UKIP | 1,479 | 2.7% | -10.6% |
WILSON, Nicholas | Ind | 412 | 0.8% | - |
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 78,319, having a valid vote count of 54,766 and an invalid vote count of 97.
Result declared at 04:56 on 9 June 2017.