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England · Constituency

Hinckley and Bosworth

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Your member of parliament

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Conservative won Hinckley and Bosworth at the 2024 general election with a majority of 5,408 votes, or 11.3 points. A swing of 5.7 points to Liberal Democrat would take it. That makes it safer than 254 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 396.

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How safe is this seat?

Competitive

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 11.3 points, which is larger than 254 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Conservative finished ahead of Liberal Democrat by 5,408 votes.

Majority

5,408

11.3% of votes cast.

Turnout

62.6%

+2.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

47,799 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Luke EvansElectedConservative17,03235.6%+11.9
Michael MullaneyLiberal Democrat11,62424.3%+12.1
Peter CheshireReform UK8,81718.4%+4.2
Rebecca PawleyLabour8,60118.0%-15.7
Cassie WellsGreen Party1,5143.2%-3.2
Harry MastersIndependent2110.4%-1.6

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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