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England · Constituency

Blaydon and Consett

Represented by Liz Twist (Labour)

Saffron Blaze / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Your member of parliament

Liz Twist

Labour

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

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 11,153 votes.

Majority

11,153

26.4% of votes cast.

Turnout

59.9%

42,216 of 70,487 on the register.

Candidates

6

42,216 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Liz TwistElectedLabour21,16050.1%
David AyreReform UK10,00723.7%
Angela SterlingConservative6,05214.3%
Richard SimpsonGreen Party2,5896.1%
Vicky AndersonLiberal Democrat2,2735.4%
Paul ToppingSocial Democratic Party1350.3%

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

Coming soon

Local news for Blaydon and Consett

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