UK general elections › 2019 › Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne — 2019
Angela Rayner (Labour Party) was elected with 18,544 votes— 48.1% of 38,579 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,579
| 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 | Angela Rayner | Labour Party | 18,544 | 48.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dan Costello | Conservative Party | 14,281 | 37.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Brocklehurst | The Brexit Party | 3,151 | 8.2% | — | |
| 4 | George Rice | Liberal Democrats | 1,395 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Lee Huntbach | Green Party | 1,208 | 3.1% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.