England · Constituency
South Dorset
Covers Chickerell · Portland · Swanage · Weymouth and more
Photograph shows Portland, a town in this constituency, not the whole of South Dorset.
Your member of parliament
Lloyd Hatton
LabourLabour won South Dorset at the 2024 general election with a majority of 1,048 votes, or 2.1 points. A swing of 1.1 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 48 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 602.
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How safe is this seat?
Marginal
A majority of 2.1 points, which is larger than 48 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 1,048 votes.
Majority
1,048
2.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
64.6%
+4.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
49,037 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd HattonElected | Labour | 15,659 | 31.9% | -1.8 |
| Richard Drax | Conservative | 14,611 | 29.8% | +6.1 |
| Morgan Young | Reform UK | 8,168 | 16.7% | +2.4 |
| Matt Bell | Liberal Democrat | 8,017 | 16.3% | +4.1 |
| Catherine Bennett | Green Party | 2,153 | 4.4% | -2.0 |
| Joy Wilson | Independent | 192 | 0.4% | -1.7 |
| Giovanna Lewis | Independent | 185 | 0.4% | -1.7 |
| Rosie Morrell | Independent | 52 | 0.1% | -1.9 |
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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