UK general elections2024 › Brentwood and Ongar

Brentwood and Ongar — 2024

Alex Burghart (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,731 votes36.7% of 48,332 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. 36.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,332

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
1Alex Burghart Conservative Party 17,73136.7%−13.3 ptsElected
2Paul Godfrey Reform UK 11,75124.3%
3Gareth Barrett Labour Party 11,08222.9%
4David Kendall Liberal Democrats 5,80912.0%
5RJ Learmouth Green Party 1,7703.7%
6Robin Tilbrook English Democrats 1890.4%

Electorate 75,352 · Turnout 64.1% · Majority 5,980 · Back to 2024 overview

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.