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South Dorset — 2024
Lloyd Hatton (Labour Party) was elected with 15,659 votes— 31.9% of 49,037 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. 31.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −18.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,037
| 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 | Lloyd Hatton | Labour Party | 15,659 | −18.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Richard Drax | Conservative Party | 14,611 | — | ||
| 3 | Morgan Young | Reform UK | 8,168 | — | ||
| 4 | Matt Bell | Liberal Democrats | 8,017 | — | ||
| 5 | Catherine Bennett | Green Party | 2,153 | — | ||
| 6 | Joy Wilson | Independent | 192 | — | ||
| 7 | Giovanna Lewis | Independent | 185 | — | ||
| 8 | Rosie Morrell | Independent | 52 | — |
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.