UK general elections › 2024 › Torbay
Torbay — 2024
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 18,937 votes— 41.1% of 46,115 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. 46,115
| 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 | Steve Darling | Liberal Democrats | 18,937 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Foster | Conservative Party | 13,588 | 29.5% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Scott | Reform UK | 8,660 | 18.8% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Wongsosaputro | Labour Party | 3,276 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Charlie West | Green Party | 1,420 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Moor | Workers Party of Britain | 234 | 0.5% | — |
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.