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England · Constituency

Bishop Auckland

Represented by Sam Rushworth (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Sam Rushworth

Labour

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 6,672 votes.

Majority

6,672

16.5% of votes cast.

Turnout

57.1%

40,427 of 70,745 on the register.

Candidates

40,427 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sam RushworthElected	Labour	17,036	42.1%
Jane MacBean	Conservative	10,364	25.6%
Rhys Burriss	Reform UK	9,466	23.4%
Sarah Hannan	Green Party	1,857	4.6%
Helen Cross	Liberal Democrat	1,373	3.4%
Rachel Maughan	Transform Party	331	0.8%

Safe. A comfortable margin. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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Local news for Bishop Auckland

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