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England · Constituency

Houghton and Sunderland South

Represented by Bridget Phillipson (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Bridget Phillipson

Labour

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 7,169 votes.

Majority

7,169

17.9% of votes cast.

Turnout

51.0%

40,032 of 78,448 on the register.

Candidates

5

40,032 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bridget PhillipsonElectedLabour18,83747.1%
Sam Wood-BrassReform UK11,66829.1%
Chris BurnicleConservative5,51413.8%
Paul EdgeworthLiberal Democrat2,2905.7%
Richard BradleyGreen Party1,7234.3%

Safe. A comfortable margin. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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Local news for Houghton and Sunderland South

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