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Wentworth and Dearne — 2019

John Healey (Labour Party) was elected with 16,742 votes40.3% 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

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
1John Healey Labour Party 16,74240.3%−9.7 ptsElected
2Emily Barley Conservative Party 14,57735.1%
3Stephen Cavell The Brexit Party 7,01916.9%
4Janice Middleton Liberal Democrats 1,7054.1%
5Lucy Brown The Yorkshire Party 1,2012.9%
6David Bettney Social Democratic Party 3130.8%

Electorate 74,536 · Turnout 55.8% · Majority 2,165 · 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.