UK general elections › 2024 › Harwich and North Essex
Harwich and North Essex — 2024
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,522 votes— 34.4% of 48,043 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. 34.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,043
| 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 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative Party | 16,522 | 34.4% | −15.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alex Diner | Labour Party | 15,360 | 32.0% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Cole | Reform UK | 9,806 | 20.4% | — | |
| 4 | Natalie Sommers | Liberal Democrats | 3,561 | 7.4% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Canessa | Green Party | 2,794 | 5.8% | — |
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.