UK general elections › 2024 › Rochester and Strood
Rochester and Strood — 2024
Lauren Edwards (Labour Party) was elected with 15,403 votes— 36.2% of 42,598 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. 36.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,598
| 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 | Lauren Edwards | Labour Party | 15,403 | −13.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kelly Tolhurst | Conservative Party | 12,473 | — | ||
| 3 | Daniel Dabin | Reform UK | 9,966 | — | ||
| 4 | Cat Jamieson | Green Party | 2,427 | — | ||
| 5 | Graham Colley | Liberal Democrats | 1,894 | — | ||
| 6 | John Innes | Workers Party of Britain | 245 | — | ||
| 7 | Peter Burch | Heritage Party | 190 | — |
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.