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Luton South and South Bedfordshire
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Your member of parliament
Rachel Hopkins
LabourLabour won Luton South and South Bedfordshire at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,858 votes, or 17.9 points. A swing of 8.9 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 400 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 250.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 17.9 points, which is larger than 400 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 6,858 votes.
Majority
6,858
17.9% of votes cast.
Turnout
49.6%
-10.1 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
38,382 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel HopkinsElected | Labour | 13,593 | 35.4% | +1.7 |
| Mark Versallion | Conservative | 6,735 | 17.5% | -6.2 |
| Attiq Malik | Independent | 5,384 | 14.0% | +12.0 |
| Norman Maclean | Reform UK | 4,759 | 12.4% | -1.9 |
| Yasin Rehman | Workers Party of Britain | 3,110 | 8.1% | +7.4 |
| Edward Carpenter | Green Party | 2,401 | 6.3% | -0.1 |
| Dominic Griffiths | Liberal Democrat | 2,400 | 6.3% | -6.0 |
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.
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