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England · Constituency

Forest of Dean

Represented by Matt Bishop (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Matt Bishop

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 278 votes.

Majority

278

0.6% of votes cast.

Turnout

66.0%

48,091 of 72,857 on the register.

Candidates

48,091 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matt BishopElected	Labour	16,373	34.0%
Mark Harper	Conservative	16,095	33.5%
Stan Goodin	Reform UK	8,194	17.0%
Chris McFarling	Green Party	4,735	9.8%
James Joyce	Liberal Democrat	2,604	5.4%
Saiham Sikder	Socialist Labour Party	90	0.2%

Marginal. Decided by under five points. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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