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England · Constituency

New Forest West

Represented by Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

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Your member of parliament

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

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

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Conservative finished ahead of Labour by 5,600 votes.

Majority

5,600

12.1% of votes cast.

Turnout

67.5%

46,337 of 68,644 on the register.

Candidates

46,337 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Desmond SwayneElected	Conservative	16,412	35.4%
Sally Johnston	Labour	10,812	23.3%
Jack Davies	Liberal Democrat	8,186	17.7%
Reginald Chester-Sterne	Reform UK	7,577	16.4%
Anna Collar	Green Party	2,800	6.0%
Gavin Ridley	Animal Welfare Party	393	0.8%
Paul Simon	Social Democratic Party	157	0.3%

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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