UK general elections › 2024 › South Basildon and East Thurrock
South Basildon and East Thurrock — 2024
James McMurdock (Reform UK) was elected with 12,178 votes— 30.8% of 39,549 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. 30.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −19.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,549
| 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 | James McMurdock | Reform UK | 12,178 | −19.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jack Ferguson | Labour Party | 12,080 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative Party | 10,159 | — | ||
| 4 | Neil Speight | Independent | 1,928 | — | ||
| 5 | Elizabeth Grant | Green Party | 1,718 | — | ||
| 6 | Dave Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 1,071 | — | ||
| 7 | Steven Burnett | Independent | 275 | — | ||
| 8 | Simon Breedon | Social Democratic Party | 140 | — |
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.