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Washington and Sunderland West — 2019

Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 15,941 votes42.5% 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

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
1Sharon Hodgson Labour Party 15,94142.5%−7.5 ptsElected
2Valerie Allen Conservative Party 12,21832.6%
3Howard Brown The Brexit Party 5,43914.5%
4Carlton West Liberal Democrats 2,0715.5%
5Michal Chantkowski Green Party 1,0052.7%
6Keith Jenkins UK Independence Party 8392.2%

Electorate 66,278 · Turnout 56.6% · Majority 3,723 · 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.