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Luton South and South Bedfordshire — 2024

Rachel Hopkins (Labour Party) was elected with 13,593 votes35.4% of 38,382 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. 35.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,382

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Rachel Hopkins Labour Party 13,593−14.6 ptsElected
2Mark Versallion Conservative Party 6,735
3Attiq Malik Independent 5,384
4Norman Maclean Reform UK 4,759
5Yasin Rehman Workers Party of Britain 3,110
6Edward Carpenter Green Party 2,401
7Dominic Griffiths Liberal Democrats 2,400

Electorate 77,312 · Turnout 49.6% · Majority 6,858 · Back to 2024 overview

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.