UK general elections › 2019 › Washington and Sunderland West
Washington and Sunderland West — 2019
Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 15,941 votes— 42.5% of 37,513 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,513
| 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 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour Party | 15,941 | 42.5% | −7.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Valerie Allen | Conservative Party | 12,218 | 32.6% | — | |
| 3 | Howard Brown | The Brexit Party | 5,439 | 14.5% | — | |
| 4 | Carlton West | Liberal Democrats | 2,071 | 5.5% | — | |
| 5 | Michal Chantkowski | Green Party | 1,005 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Keith Jenkins | UK Independence Party | 839 | 2.2% | — |
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.