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Clacton — 2024
Nigel Farage (Reform UK) was elected with 21,225 votes— 46.2% of 45,958 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. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,958
| 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 | Nigel Farage | Reform UK | 21,225 | 46.2% | −3.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Giles Watling | Conservative Party | 12,820 | 27.9% | — | |
| 3 | Jovan Owusu-Nepaul | Labour Party | 7,448 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Matthew Bensilum | Liberal Democrats | 2,016 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Natasha Osben | Green Party | 1,935 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Tony Mack | Independent | 317 | 0.7% | — | |
| 7 | Andrew Pemberton | UK Independence Party | 116 | 0.3% | — | |
| 8 | Craig Jamieson | Climate Party | 48 | 0.1% | — | |
| 9 | Tasos Papanastasiou | Heritage Party | 33 | 0.1% | — |
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.