UK general elections › 2019 › North West Durham
North West Durham — 2019
Richard Holden (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,990 votes— 41.9% of 47,663 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. 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,663
| 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 | Richard Holden | Conservative Party | 19,990 | 41.9% | −8.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Laura Pidcock | Labour Party | 18,846 | 39.5% | — | |
| 3 | John Wolstenholme | The Brexit Party | 3,193 | 6.7% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Peacock | Liberal Democrats | 2,831 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Watts Stelling | Independent | 1,216 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | David Sewell | Green Party | 1,173 | 2.5% | — | |
| 7 | David Lindsay | Independent | 414 | 0.9% | — |
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.