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East Thanet — 2024
Polly Billington (Labour Party) was elected with 17,054 votes— 39.9% of 42,713 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. 39.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,713
| 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 | Polly Billington | Labour Party | 17,054 | 39.9% | −10.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Helen Harrison | Conservative Party | 10,083 | 23.6% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Webb | Reform UK | 8,591 | 20.1% | — | |
| 4 | Steve Roberts | Green Party | 4,590 | 10.7% | — | |
| 5 | Jai Singh | Liberal Democrats | 1,365 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Grahame Birchall | Independent | 563 | 1.3% | — | |
| 7 | Paul Holton | Independent | 369 | 0.9% | — | |
| 8 | Mo Shafaei | Independent | 98 | 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.