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South Shields — 2024
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour Party) was elected with 15,122 votes— 41.1% of 36,824 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,824
| 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 | Emma Lewell-Buck | Labour Party | 15,122 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Holt | Reform UK | 8,469 | 23.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Francis | Green Party | 5,433 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | Craig Robinson | Conservative Party | 4,128 | 11.2% | — | |
| 5 | Ahmed Khan | Independent | 2,270 | 6.2% | — | |
| 6 | Jonathan Aibi | Liberal Democrats | 1,402 | 3.8% | — |
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.