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Southampton, Test — 2019

Alan Whitehead (Labour Party) was elected with 22,256 votes49.5% of 44,994 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. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,994

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
1Alan Whitehead Labour Party 22,25649.5%−0.5 ptsElected
2Steven Galton Conservative Party 16,04335.7%
3Joe Richards Liberal Democrats 3,4497.7%
4Philip Crook The Brexit Party 1,5913.5%
5Katherine Barbour Green Party 1,4333.2%
6Kev Barry Independent 2220.5%

Electorate 70,116 · Turnout 64.2% · Majority 6,213 · 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.