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England · Constituency

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Represented by James McMurdock (Independent)

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Your member of parliament

James McMurdock

Independent

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

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Reform UK finished ahead of Labour by 98 votes.

Majority

0.2% of votes cast.

Turnout

54.4%

39,549 of 72,673 on the register.

Candidates

39,549 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James McMurdockElected	Reform UK	12,178	30.8%
Jack Ferguson	Labour	12,080	30.5%
Stephen Metcalfe	Conservative	10,159	25.7%
Neil Speight	Independent	1,928	4.9%
Elizabeth Grant	Green Party	1,718	4.3%
Dave Thomas	Liberal Democrat	1,071	2.7%
Steven Burnett	Independent	275	0.7%
Simon Breedon	Social Democratic Party	140	0.4%

Marginal. Decided by under five points. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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