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Hitchin — 2024
Alistair Strathern (Labour Party) was elected with 23,067 votes— 43.9% of 52,510 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. 43.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,510
| 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 | Alistair Strathern | Labour Party | 23,067 | 43.9% | −6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bim Afolami | Conservative Party | 14,958 | 28.5% | — | |
| 3 | Charles Bunker | Reform UK | 6,760 | 12.9% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Lucas | Liberal Democrats | 4,913 | 9.4% | — | |
| 5 | Will Lavin | Green Party | 2,631 | 5.0% | — | |
| 6 | Sid Cordle | Christian Peoples Alliance | 181 | 0.3% | — |
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.