UK general elections › 2024 › Swindon South
Swindon South — 2024
Heidi Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 21,676 votes— 48.4% of 44,794 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,794
| 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 | Heidi Alexander | Labour Party | 21,676 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Buckland | Conservative Party | 12,070 | 26.9% | — | |
| 3 | Catherine Kosidowski | Reform UK | 6,194 | 13.8% | — | |
| 4 | Roderick Hebden | Green Party | 2,539 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | Matthew McCabe | Liberal Democrats | 1,843 | 4.1% | — | |
| 6 | Martin Costello | Independent | 472 | 1.1% | — |
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.