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England · Constituency

Sherwood Forest

Represented by Michelle Welsh (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Michelle Welsh

Labour

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

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 5,443 votes.

Majority

5,443

11.2% of votes cast.

Turnout

61.7%

48,660 of 78,896 on the register.

Candidates

48,660 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michelle WelshElected	Labour	18,841	38.7%
Mark Spencer	Conservative	13,398	27.5%
Helen O'Hare	Reform UK	11,320	23.3%
Sheila Greatrex-White	Green Party	2,216	4.6%
David Dobbie	Liberal Democrat	1,838	3.8%
Lee Waters	Independent	864	1.8%
Jeremy Spry	Independent	183	0.4%

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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