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New Forest West — 2024
Desmond Swayne (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,412 votes— 35.4% of 46,337 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. 46,337
| 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 | Desmond Swayne | Conservative Party | 16,412 | 35.4% | −14.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sally Johnston | Labour Party | 10,812 | 23.3% | — | |
| 3 | Jack Davies | Liberal Democrats | 8,186 | 17.7% | — | |
| 4 | Reginald Chester-Sterne | Reform UK | 7,577 | 16.4% | — | |
| 5 | Anna Collar | Green Party | 2,800 | 6.0% | — | |
| 6 | Gavin Ridley | Animal Welfare Party | 393 | 0.8% | — | |
| 7 | Paul Simon | Social Democratic Party | 157 | 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.