UK general elections › 2019 › Heywood and Middleton
Heywood and Middleton — 2019
Chris Clarkson (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,453 votes— 43.1% of 47,488 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. 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,488
| 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 | Chris Clarkson | Conservative Party | 20,453 | 43.1% | −6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Liz McInnes | Labour Party | 19,790 | 41.7% | — | |
| 3 | Colin Lambert | The Brexit Party | 3,952 | 8.3% | — | |
| 4 | Anthony Smith | Liberal Democrats | 2,073 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Nigel Ainsworth-Barnes | Green Party | 1,220 | 2.6% | — |
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.