UK general elections › 2019 › Blackpool South
Blackpool South — 2019
Scott Benton (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,247 votes— 49.6% of 32,752 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. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,752
| 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 | Scott Benton | Conservative Party | 16,247 | 49.6% | −0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Marsden | Labour Party | 12,557 | 38.3% | — | |
| 3 | David Brown | The Brexit Party | 2,009 | 6.1% | — | |
| 4 | Bill Greene | Liberal Democrats | 1,008 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Rebecca Daniels | Green Party | 563 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Gary Coleman | Independent | 368 | 1.1% | — |
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.