UK general elections › 2019 › Sedgefield
Sedgefield — 2019
Paul Howell (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,609 votes— 47.2% of 41,566 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,566
| 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 | Paul Howell | Conservative Party | 19,609 | 47.2% | −2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Phil Wilson | Labour Party | 15,096 | 36.3% | — | |
| 3 | David Bull | The Brexit Party | 3,518 | 8.5% | — | |
| 4 | Dawn Welsh | Liberal Democrats | 1,955 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | John Furness | Green Party | 994 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Joyce | Independent | 394 | 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.