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North Durham — 2024
Luke Akehurst (Labour Party) was elected with 16,562 votes— 39.8% of 41,565 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. 39.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,565
| 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 | Luke Akehurst | Labour Party | 16,562 | 39.8% | −10.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Husband | Reform UK | 10,689 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | George Carter | Conservative Party | 6,492 | 15.6% | — | |
| 4 | Craig Martin | Liberal Democrats | 4,208 | 10.1% | — | |
| 5 | Sunny Moon-Schott | Green Party | 2,366 | 5.7% | — | |
| 6 | Chris Bradburn | Workers Party of Britain | 928 | 2.2% | — | |
| 7 | Tom Chittenden | Social Democratic Party | 320 | 0.8% | — |
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.