UK general elections › 2024 › Watford
Watford — 2024
Matt Turmaine (Labour Party) was elected with 15,708 votes— 35.3% of 44,455 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. 35.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,455
| 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 | Matt Turmaine | Labour Party | 15,708 | 35.3% | −14.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dean Russell | Conservative Party | 10,985 | 24.7% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Stotesbury | Liberal Democrats | 7,577 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Gary Ling | Reform UK | 4,930 | 11.1% | — | |
| 5 | Khalid Chohan | Workers Party of Britain | 2,659 | 6.0% | — | |
| 6 | Arran Bowen-la Grange | Green Party | 2,428 | 5.5% | — | |
| 7 | Sarah Knott | Heritage Party | 168 | 0.4% | — |
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.