UK general elections › 2019 › Rother Valley
Rother Valley — 2019
Alexander Stafford (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,970 votes— 45.1% of 48,698 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. 48,698
| 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 | Alexander Stafford | Conservative Party | 21,970 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sophie Wilson | Labour Party | 15,652 | 32.1% | — | |
| 3 | Allen Cowles | The Brexit Party | 6,264 | 12.9% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 2,553 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Emily West | Green Party | 1,219 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Nigel Short | Independent | 1,040 | 2.1% | — |
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.