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Gainsborough — 2024
Edward Leigh (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,636 votes— 35.6% of 46,685 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. 35.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,685
| 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 | Edward Leigh | Conservative Party | 16,636 | 35.6% | −14.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jess McGuire | Labour Party | 13,104 | 28.1% | — | |
| 3 | Pat O'Connor | Reform UK | 9,916 | 21.2% | — | |
| 4 | Lesley Rollings | Liberal Democrats | 5,001 | 10.7% | — | |
| 5 | Vanessa Smith | Green Party | 1,832 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Tim Mellors | Social Democratic Party | 196 | 0.4% | — |
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.