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Harrogate and Knaresborough — 2024
Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 23,976 votes— 46.1% of 52,064 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. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,064
| 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 | Tom Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 23,976 | −3.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Andrew Jones | Conservative Party | 15,738 | — | ||
| 3 | Jonathan Swales | Reform UK | 5,679 | — | ||
| 4 | Conrad Whitcroft | Labour Party | 4,153 | — | ||
| 5 | Shan Oakes | Green Party | 1,762 | — | ||
| 6 | Paul Haslam | Independent | 620 | — | ||
| 7 | Stephan Metcalfe | Independent | 136 | — |
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.