UK general elections › 2019 › Wentworth and Dearne
Wentworth and Dearne — 2019
John Healey (Labour Party) was elected with 16,742 votes— 40.3% of 41,557 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. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,557
| 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 | John Healey | Labour Party | 16,742 | −9.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Emily Barley | Conservative Party | 14,577 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Cavell | The Brexit Party | 7,019 | — | ||
| 4 | Janice Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 1,705 | — | ||
| 5 | Lucy Brown | The Yorkshire Party | 1,201 | — | ||
| 6 | David Bettney | Social Democratic Party | 313 | — |
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.