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Wath upon Dearne, in the Rawmarsh and Conisbrough constituency

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Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

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Photograph shows Wath upon Dearne, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Rawmarsh and Conisbrough.

Your member of parliament

John Healey

Labour

Labour won Rawmarsh and Conisbrough at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,908 votes, or 20.4 points. A swing of 10.2 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 440 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 210.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 20.4 points, which is larger than 440 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 6,908 votes.

Majority

6,908

20.4% of votes cast.

Turnout

49.0%

-10.7 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

33,904 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
John HealeyElectedLabour16,61249.0%+15.3
Adam WoodReform UK9,70428.6%+14.3
Oliver HarveyConservative4,49613.3%-10.4
Tom HillGreen Party1,6875.0%-1.4
Paul HortonLiberal Democrat1,1373.4%-8.9
Robert WatsonWorkers Party of Britain2680.8%+0.1

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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