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Colchester — 2024
Pam Cox (Labour Party) was elected with 18,804 votes— 41.9% of 44,903 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. 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,903
| 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 | Pam Cox | Labour Party | 18,804 | 41.9% | −8.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Cracknell | Conservative Party | 10,554 | 23.5% | — | |
| 3 | Terence Longstaff | Reform UK | 6,664 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Goss | Liberal Democrats | 6,393 | 14.2% | — | |
| 5 | Sara Ruth | Green Party | 2,414 | 5.4% | — | |
| 6 | James Rolfe | Climate Party | 74 | 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.