England · Constituency
Easington
Covers Easington · Peterlee · Seaham · New Seaham
Photograph shows Seaham, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Easington.
Your member of parliament
Grahame Morris
LabourLabour won Easington at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,542 votes, or 19.1 points. A swing of 9.6 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 425 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 225.
Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site
How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 19.1 points, which is larger than 425 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 6,542 votes.
Majority
6,542
19.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
49.5%
-10.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
6
34,324 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grahame MorrisElected | Labour | 16,774 | 48.9% | +15.2 |
| Lynn Murphy | Reform UK | 10,232 | 29.8% | +15.5 |
| Joanne Howey | Conservative | 3,753 | 10.9% | -12.8 |
| Mary Cartwright | The North East Party | 1,581 | 4.6% | +4.6 |
| Stephen Ashfield | Green Party | 1,173 | 3.4% | -3.0 |
| Tony Ferguson | Liberal Democrat | 811 | 2.4% | -9.9 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. 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.
Coming soon
Local news for Easington
We’re working on pulling local reporting into each seat page, from across the spectrum and sourced the same way as everything else here. It isn’t built yet, and we’d rather say so than fill the space.
Nearby in the list
One email each morning
The morning email, and Easington when it lands
One email each morning on where Britain stands, and local news for your seat as soon as we build it.
We’ll ask for your constituency and year of birth next. Both optional, and the year only so we know readers are 13 or over.