UK general elections › 2024 › Herne Bay and Sandwich
Herne Bay and Sandwich — 2024
Roger Gale (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,243 votes— 35.3% of 48,827 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. 35.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,827
| 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 | Roger Gale | Conservative Party | 17,243 | 35.3% | −14.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Helen Whitehead | Labour Party | 14,744 | 30.2% | — | |
| 3 | Amelia Randall | Reform UK | 10,602 | 21.7% | — | |
| 4 | Thea Barrett | Green Party | 3,529 | 7.2% | — | |
| 5 | Angie Curwen | Liberal Democrats | 2,709 | 5.5% | — |
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.