UK general elections2024 › Dover and Deal

Dover and Deal — 2024

Mike Tapp (Labour Party) was elected with 18,940 votes39.6% of 47,775 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. 39.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,775

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
1Mike Tapp Labour Party 18,94039.6%−10.4 ptsElected
2Howard Cox Reform UK 11,35523.8%
3Stephen James Conservative Party 10,37021.7%
4Christine Oliver Green Party 3,1066.5%
5Penelope James Liberal Democrats 2,5955.4%
6Geoffrey Lymer Independent 4851.0%
7Ash Payne Independent 3690.8%
8Steve Laws English Democrats 1850.4%
9Sylvia Petersen Heritage Party 1680.4%
10Chris Tough Independent 1040.2%
11Colin Tasker Workers Party of Britain 980.2%

Electorate 76,406 · Turnout 62.5% · Majority 7,585 · 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.