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Forest of Dean — 2024

Matt Bishop (Labour Party) was elected with 16,373 votes34.0% of 48,091 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. 34.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −16.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,091

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
1Matt Bishop Labour Party 16,37334.0%−16.0 ptsElected
2Mark Harper Conservative Party 16,09533.5%
3Stan Goodin Reform UK 8,19417.0%
4Chris McFarling Green Party 4,7359.8%
5James Joyce Liberal Democrats 2,6045.4%
6Saiham Sikder Socialist Labour Party 900.2%

Electorate 72,857 · Turnout 66.0% · Majority 278 · 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.