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South Shields — 2019
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour Party) was elected with 17,273 votes— 45.6% of 37,882 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. 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,882
| 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 | Emma Lewell-Buck | Labour Party | 17,273 | 45.6% | −4.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Oni Oviri | Conservative Party | 7,688 | 20.3% | — | |
| 3 | Glenn Thompson | The Brexit Party | 6,446 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Geoff Thompson | Independent | 3,658 | 9.7% | — | |
| 5 | William Shepherd | Liberal Democrats | 1,514 | 4.0% | — | |
| 6 | Sarah McKeown | Green Party | 1,303 | 3.4% | — |
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.