England · Constituency
Bournemouth East
Covers Boscombe · East Cliff · Iford · Littledown and more
Photograph shows Boscombe, a suburb in this constituency, not the whole of Bournemouth East.
Your member of parliament
Tom Hayes
LabourLabour won Bournemouth East at the 2024 general election with a majority of 5,479 votes, or 12.2 points. A swing of 6.1 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 280 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 370.
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How safe is this seat?
Competitive
A majority of 12.2 points, which is larger than 280 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 5,479 votes.
Majority
5,479
12.2% of votes cast.
Turnout
62.1%
+2.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
44,910 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom HayesElected | Labour | 18,316 | 40.8% | +7.1 |
| Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | 12,837 | 28.6% | +4.9 |
| Martin Houlden | Reform UK | 6,268 | 14.0% | -0.3 |
| Jon Nicholas | Liberal Democrat | 3,082 | 6.9% | -5.4 |
| Joe Salmon | Green Party | 2,790 | 6.2% | -0.2 |
| Kieron Wilson | Independent | 1,529 | 3.4% | +1.4 |
| Miles Penn | Social Democratic Party | 88 | 0.2% | +0.1 |
Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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