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Sherwood Forest — 2024
Michelle Welsh (Labour Party) was elected with 18,841 votes— 38.7% of 48,660 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. 38.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,660
| 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 | Michelle Welsh | Labour Party | 18,841 | −11.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Mark Spencer | Conservative Party | 13,398 | — | ||
| 3 | Helen O'Hare | Reform UK | 11,320 | — | ||
| 4 | Sheila Greatrex-White | Green Party | 2,216 | — | ||
| 5 | David Dobbie | Liberal Democrats | 1,838 | — | ||
| 6 | Lee Waters | Independent | 864 | — | ||
| 7 | Jeremy Spry | Independent | 183 | — |
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.