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Dover and Deal — 2024
Mike Tapp (Labour Party) was elected with 18,940 votes— 39.6% 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
| 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 | Mike Tapp | Labour Party | 18,940 | −10.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Howard Cox | Reform UK | 11,355 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen James | Conservative Party | 10,370 | — | ||
| 4 | Christine Oliver | Green Party | 3,106 | — | ||
| 5 | Penelope James | Liberal Democrats | 2,595 | — | ||
| 6 | Geoffrey Lymer | Independent | 485 | — | ||
| 7 | Ash Payne | Independent | 369 | — | ||
| 8 | Steve Laws | English Democrats | 185 | — | ||
| 9 | Sylvia Petersen | Heritage Party | 168 | — | ||
| 10 | Chris Tough | Independent | 104 | — | ||
| 11 | Colin Tasker | Workers Party of Britain | 98 | — |
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.