UK general elections › 2024 › Hertsmere
Hertsmere — 2024
Oliver Dowden (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,451 votes— 44.7% of 48,007 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. 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,007
| 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 | Oliver Dowden | Conservative Party | 21,451 | 44.7% | −5.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Josh Tapper | Labour Party | 13,459 | 28.0% | — | |
| 3 | Darren Selkus | Reform UK | 6,584 | 13.7% | — | |
| 4 | Emma Matanle | Liberal Democrats | 3,710 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | John Humphries | Green Party | 2,267 | 4.7% | — | |
| 6 | Ray Bolster | Independent | 536 | 1.1% | — |
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.