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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

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
1Mark Ferguson Labour Party 18,245−4.6 ptsElected
2Damian Heslop Reform UK 8,601—
3Ron Beadle Liberal Democrats 4,987—
4Nicholas Oliver Conservative Party 4,628—
5Rachel Cabral Green Party 3,217—
6Norman Hall Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 369—
7Graham Steele Save Us Now 170—

Electorate 69,827 · Turnout 57.6% · Majority 9,644 · 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.