UK general elections › 2024 › Bournemouth East
Bournemouth East — 2024
Tom Hayes (Labour Party) was elected with 18,316 votes— 40.8% of 44,910 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. 40.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,910
| 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 | Tom Hayes | Labour Party | 18,316 | 40.8% | −9.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tobias Ellwood | Conservative Party | 12,837 | 28.6% | — | |
| 3 | Martin Houlden | Reform UK | 6,268 | 14.0% | — | |
| 4 | Jon Nicholas | Liberal Democrats | 3,082 | 6.9% | — | |
| 5 | Joe Salmon | Green Party | 2,790 | 6.2% | — | |
| 6 | Kieron Wilson | Independent | 1,529 | 3.4% | — | |
| 7 | Miles Penn | Social Democratic Party | 88 | 0.2% | — |
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.