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Rochdale — 2024
Paul Waugh (Labour Party) was elected with 13,027 votes— 32.8% of 39,688 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. 32.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −17.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,688
| 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 | Paul Waugh | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 13,027 | 32.8% | −17.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | George Galloway | Workers Party of Britain | 11,587 | 29.2% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Howard | Reform UK | 6,773 | 17.1% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Ellison | Conservative Party | 4,273 | 10.8% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 2,816 | 7.1% | — | |
| 6 | Martyn Savin | Green Party | 1,212 | 3.1% | — |
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.