UK general elections › 2024 › West Dorset
West Dorset — 2024
Edward Morello (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,999 votes— 51.3% of 52,605 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,605
| 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 | Edward Morello | Liberal Democrats | 26,999 | 51.3% | +1.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Loder | Conservative Party | 19,210 | 36.5% | — | |
| 3 | Donna Lumsden | Labour Party | 3,086 | 5.9% | — | |
| 4 | Kelvin Clayton | Green Party | 2,288 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Oliver Chisholm | Independent | 733 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Marcus White | Independent | 289 | 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.