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Southend West and Leigh — 2024
David Burton-Sampson (Labour Party) was elected with 16,739 votes— 35.6% of 46,968 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. 35.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,968
| 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 | David Burton-Sampson | Labour Party | 16,739 | −14.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Anna Firth | Conservative Party | 14,790 | — | ||
| 3 | Peter Little | Reform UK | 8,273 | — | ||
| 4 | Tilly Hogrebe | Green Party | 3,262 | — | ||
| 5 | Stephen Cummins | Liberal Democrats | 3,174 | — | ||
| 6 | James Miller | Confelicity | 262 | — | ||
| 7 | Tom Darwood | Independent | 172 | — | ||
| 8 | Lara Hurley | Heritage Party | 99 | — | ||
| 9 | Jason Pilley | Psychedelic Movement | 99 | — | ||
| 10 | Robert Francis | Independent | 98 | — |
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.