UK general elections › 2019 › Batley and Spen
Batley and Spen — 2019
Tracy Brabin (Labour Party) was elected with 22,594 votes— 42.7% of 52,927 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,927
| 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 | Tracy Brabin | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 22,594 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Brooks | Conservative Party | 19,069 | 36.0% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Halloran | Heavy Woollen District Independents | 6,432 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Lawson | Liberal Democrats | 2,462 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | Clive Minihan | The Brexit Party | 1,678 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Ty Akram | Green Party | 692 | 1.3% | — |
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.