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Houghton and Sunderland South — 2024
Bridget Phillipson (Labour Party) was elected with 18,837 votes— 47.1% of 40,032 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. 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,032
| 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 | Bridget Phillipson | Labour Party | 18,837 | 47.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sam Woods-Brass | Reform UK | 11,668 | 29.1% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Burnicle | Conservative Party | 5,514 | 13.8% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Edgeworth | Liberal Democrats | 2,290 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Bradley | Green Party | 1,723 | 4.3% | — |
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.