UK general elections2024 › Washington and Gateshead South

Washington and Gateshead South — 2024

Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 17,682 votes47.8% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Sharon Hodgson Labour Party 17,68247.8%−2.2 ptsElected
2Paul Donaghy Reform UK 10,76929.1%
3Shaun Parsons Conservative Party 4,65412.6%
4Michal Chantkowski Green Party 1,6874.6%
5Ciaran Morrissey Liberal Democrats 1,6024.3%
6Sharon McLafferty Independent 6271.7%

Electorate 70,972 · Turnout 52.2% · Majority 6,913 · Back to 2024 overview

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.