England · Constituency
South West Norfolk
Covers Swaffham · Thetford
Photograph shows Thetford, a town in this constituency, not the whole of South West Norfolk.
Your member of parliament
Terry Jermy
LabourLabour won South West Norfolk at the 2024 general election with a majority of 630 votes, or 1.4 points. A swing of 0.7 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 26 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 624.
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How safe is this seat?
Marginal
A majority of 1.4 points, which is larger than 26 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 630 votes.
Majority
630
1.4% of votes cast.
Turnout
59.3%
-0.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
9
44,335 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry JermyElected | Labour | 11,847 | 26.7% | -7.0 |
| Liz Truss | Conservative | 11,217 | 25.3% | +1.6 |
| Tobias McKenzie | Reform UK | 9,958 | 22.5% | +8.2 |
| James Bagge | Independent | 6,282 | 14.2% | +12.1 |
| Josie Ratcliffe | Liberal Democrat | 2,618 | 5.9% | -6.3 |
| Pallavi Devulapalli | Green Party | 1,838 | 4.1% | -2.2 |
| Earl Elvis Of East Anglia | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 338 | 0.8% | +0.7 |
| Gary Conway | Heritage Party | 160 | 0.4% | +0.3 |
| Lorraine Douglas | Communist Party of Britain | 77 | 0.2% | +0.2 |
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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