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Bishop Auckland — 2024
Sam Rushworth (Labour Party) was elected with 17,036 votes— 42.1% of 40,427 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. 42.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,427
| 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 | Sam Rushworth | Labour Party | 17,036 | 42.1% | −7.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jane MacBean | Conservative Party | 10,364 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Rhys Burriss | Reform UK | 9,466 | 23.4% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Hannan | Green Party | 1,857 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Helen Cross | Liberal Democrats | 1,373 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Rachel Maughan | Transform Party | 331 | 0.8% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.