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Witham — 2024
Priti Patel (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,827 votes— 37.2% of 50,603 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. 37.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,603
| 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 | Priti Patel | Conservative Party | 18,827 | 37.2% | −12.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rumi Chowdhury | Labour Party | 13,682 | 27.0% | — | |
| 3 | Timothy Blaxill | Reform UK | 9,870 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | James Abbott | Green Party | 3,539 | 7.0% | — | |
| 5 | Ashley Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 3,439 | 6.8% | — | |
| 6 | Chelsey Jay | Independent | 1,246 | 2.5% | — |
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.