UK general elections › 2024 › Burnley
Burnley — 2024
Oliver Ryan (Labour Party) was elected with 12,598 votes— 31.7% of 39,719 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. 31.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −18.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,719
| 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 | Oliver Ryan | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 12,598 | −18.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | 9,178 | — | ||
| 3 | Antony Higginbotham | Conservative Party | 8,058 | — | ||
| 4 | Nathan McCollum | Reform UK | 7,755 | — | ||
| 5 | Jack Launer | Green Party | 1,518 | — | ||
| 6 | Rayyan Fiass | Independent | 292 | — | ||
| 7 | Mitchell Cryer | Independent | 169 | — | ||
| 8 | David Roper | Independent | 151 | — |
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.