UK general elections › 2024 › Gateshead Central and Whickham
Gateshead Central and Whickham — 2024
Mark Ferguson (Labour Party) was elected with 18,245 votes— 45.4% of 40,217 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. 45.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,217
| 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 | Mark Ferguson | Labour Party | 18,245 | 45.4% | −4.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Damian Heslop | Reform UK | 8,601 | 21.4% | — | |
| 3 | Ron Beadle | Liberal Democrats | 4,987 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Nicholas Oliver | Conservative Party | 4,628 | 11.5% | — | |
| 5 | Rachel Cabral | Green Party | 3,217 | 8.0% | — | |
| 6 | Norman Hall | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 369 | 0.9% | — | |
| 7 | Graham Steele | Save Us Now | 170 | 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.