UK general elections › 2019 › Makerfield
Makerfield — 2019
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour Party) was elected with 19,954 votes— 45.1% of 44,259 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,259
| 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 | Yvonne Fovargue | Labour Party | 19,954 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick King | Conservative Party | 15,214 | 34.4% | — | |
| 3 | Ross Wright | The Brexit Party | 5,817 | 13.1% | — | |
| 4 | John Skipworth | Liberal Democrats | 2,108 | 4.8% | — | |
| 5 | Sheila Shaw | Green Party | 1,166 | 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.