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Ashton-under-Lyne — 2019

Angela Rayner (Labour Party) was elected with 18,544 votes48.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Angela Rayner Labour Party 18,54448.1%−1.9 ptsElected
2Dan Costello Conservative Party 14,28137.0%
3David Brocklehurst The Brexit Party 3,1518.2%
4George Rice Liberal Democrats 1,3953.6%
5Lee Huntbach Green Party 1,2083.1%

Electorate 67,978 · Turnout 56.8% · Majority 4,263 · Back to 2019 overview

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.