UK general elections › 2019 › Houghton and Sunderland South
Houghton and Sunderland South — 2019
Bridget Phillipson (Labour Party) was elected with 16,210 votes— 40.7% of 39,811 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,811
| 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 | Bridget Phillipson | Labour Party | 16,210 | 40.7% | −9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher Howarth | Conservative Party | 13,095 | 32.9% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Yuill | The Brexit Party | 6,165 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Edgeworth | Liberal Democrats | 2,319 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Bradley | Green Party | 1,125 | 2.8% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Elvin | UK Independence Party | 897 | 2.3% | — |
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.