Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1942 Maldon by-election
Table title:
Votes
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Edward Ruggles-Brise </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17,072 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 53.4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −17.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > W. F. Toynbee </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9,264 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 28.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −0.3 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Hilda Buckmaster </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5,680 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7,808 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 24.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −16.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 32,016 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 73.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −0.9 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What percentage of votes did Ruggles-Brise get and by what majority?
Answer:
Ruggles-Brise had held the seat with 53.4% of the votes, a majority of 24.5%.