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Shipley
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Your member of parliament
Anna Dixon
LabourLabour won Shipley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,603 votes, or 17.8 points. A swing of 8.9 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 398 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 252.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 17.8 points, which is larger than 398 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 8,603 votes.
Majority
8,603
17.8% of votes cast.
Turnout
65.2%
+5.5 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
10
48,303 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna DixonElected | Labour | 21,738 | 45.0% | +11.3 |
| Philip Davies | Conservative | 13,135 | 27.2% | +3.5 |
| Simon Dandy | Reform UK | 7,238 | 15.0% | +0.7 |
| Kevin Warnes | Green Party | 3,605 | 7.5% | +1.1 |
| Graham Reed | Liberal Democrat | 1,341 | 2.8% | -9.4 |
| Will Grant | The Yorkshire Party | 447 | 0.9% | +0.9 |
| John Nagbea | Independent | 297 | 0.6% | -1.4 |
| Waqas Khan | Workers Party of Britain | 269 | 0.6% | -0.2 |
| Paul Shkurka | Social Democratic Party | 137 | 0.3% | +0.2 |
| Darryl Morton-Wright | Christian Peoples Alliance | 96 | 0.2% | +0.2 |
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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