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Rayleigh and Wickford — 2024
Mark Francois (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,756 votes— 37.0% of 47,978 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. 37.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,978
| 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 | Mark Francois | Conservative Party | 17,756 | 37.0% | −13.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Grant Randall | Reform UK | 12,135 | 25.3% | — | |
| 3 | James Hedges | Labour Party | 11,823 | 24.6% | — | |
| 4 | Stewart Mott | Liberal Democrats | 4,068 | 8.5% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Taylor | Green Party | 2,196 | 4.6% | — |
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.