England · Constituency
Rother Valley
Covers Dinnington · Maltby
Photograph shows Swallownest, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Rother Valley.
Your member of parliament
Jake Richards
LabourLabour won Rother Valley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 998 votes, or 2.4 points. A swing of 1.2 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 54 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 596.
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How safe is this seat?
Marginal
A majority of 2.4 points, which is larger than 54 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 998 votes.
Majority
998
2.4% of votes cast.
Turnout
59.9%
+0.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
5
41,608 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake RichardsElected | Labour | 16,023 | 38.5% | +4.8 |
| Alexander Stafford | Conservative | 15,025 | 36.1% | +12.4 |
| Tony Harrison | Reform UK | 7,679 | 18.5% | +4.2 |
| Paul Martin | Green Party | 1,706 | 4.1% | -2.3 |
| Colin Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 1,175 | 2.8% | -9.4 |
Marginal. Decided by under five points. 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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