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Forest of Dean — 2024
Matt Bishop (Labour Party) was elected with 16,373 votes— 34.0% 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
| 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 | Matt Bishop | Labour Party | 16,373 | 34.0% | −16.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Harper | Conservative Party | 16,095 | 33.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stan Goodin | Reform UK | 8,194 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Chris McFarling | Green Party | 4,735 | 9.8% | — | |
| 5 | James Joyce | Liberal Democrats | 2,604 | 5.4% | — | |
| 6 | Saiham Sikder | Socialist Labour Party | 90 | 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.