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England · Constituency

Bournemouth East

Represented by Tom Hayes (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Tom Hayes

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 5,479 votes.

Majority

5,479

12.2% of votes cast.

Turnout

62.1%

44,910 of 72,354 on the register.

Candidates

44,910 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom HayesElected	Labour	18,316	40.8%
Tobias Ellwood	Conservative	12,837	28.6%
Martin Houlden	Reform UK	6,268	14.0%
Jon Nicholas	Liberal Democrat	3,082	6.9%
Joe Salmon	Green Party	2,790	6.2%
Kieron Wilson	Independent	1,529	3.4%
Miles Penn	Social Democratic Party	88	0.2%

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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