UK general elections › 2024 › City of Durham
City of Durham — 2024
Mary Foy (Labour Party) was elected with 19,131 votes— 47.1% of 40,627 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. 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,627
| 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 | Mary Foy | Labour Party | 19,131 | 47.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Belch | Reform UK | 7,374 | 18.2% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Wilkes | Liberal Democrats | 5,920 | 14.6% | — | |
| 4 | Luke Holmes | Conservative Party | 5,221 | 12.9% | — | |
| 5 | Jonathan Elmer | Green Party | 2,803 | 6.9% | — | |
| 6 | Sarah Welbourne | Social Democratic Party | 178 | 0.4% | — |
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.