UK general elections › 2024 › Washington and Gateshead South
Washington and Gateshead South — 2024
Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 17,682 votes— 47.8% of 37,021 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. 47.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,021
| 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 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour Party | 17,682 | 47.8% | −2.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Donaghy | Reform UK | 10,769 | 29.1% | — | |
| 3 | Shaun Parsons | Conservative Party | 4,654 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Michal Chantkowski | Green Party | 1,687 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Ciaran Morrissey | Liberal Democrats | 1,602 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | Sharon McLafferty | Independent | 627 | 1.7% | — |
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.