UK general elections › 2019 › South Dorset
South Dorset — 2019
Richard Drax (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,024 votes— 58.8% of 51,058 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,058
| 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 Drax | Conservative Party | 30,024 | 58.8% | +8.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Carralyn Parkes | Labour Party | 12,871 | 25.2% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Ireland | Liberal Democrats | 5,432 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Jon Orrell | Green Party | 2,246 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Joseph Green | Independent | 485 | 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.