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Heywood and Middleton North — 2024
Elsie Blundell (Labour Party) was elected with 15,069 votes— 40.6% of 37,130 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. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,130
| 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 | Elsie Blundell | Labour Party | 15,069 | 40.6% | −9.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steve Potter | Reform UK | 8,987 | 24.2% | — | |
| 3 | Laura-Beth Thompson | Conservative Party | 6,423 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Furlong | Independent | 4,349 | 11.7% | — | |
| 5 | Tom Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 2,302 | 6.2% | — |
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.