UK general elections › 2024 › Southend East and Rochford
Southend East and Rochford — 2024
Bayo Alaba (Labour Party) was elected with 15,395 votes— 38.8% of 39,656 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. 38.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,656
| 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 | Bayo Alaba | Labour Party | 15,395 | −11.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gavin Haran | Conservative Party | 11,368 | — | ||
| 3 | Leslie Lilley | Reform UK | 7,214 | — | ||
| 4 | Simon Cross | Green Party | 2,716 | — | ||
| 5 | James Allen | Liberal Democrats | 2,269 | — | ||
| 6 | Lee Clark | Confelicity | 488 | — | ||
| 7 | Bianca Isherwood | Heritage Party | 206 | — |
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.