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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Richard Holden Conservative Party 19,990−8.1 ptsElected
2Laura Pidcock Labour Party 18,846—
3John Wolstenholme The Brexit Party 3,193—
4Michael Peacock Liberal Democrats 2,831—
5Watts Stelling Independent 1,216—
6David Sewell Green Party 1,173—
7David Lindsay Independent 414—

Electorate 72,166 · Turnout 66.0% · Majority 1,144 · Back to 2019 overview

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.