England · Constituency
Southend West and Leigh
Covers Leigh-on-Sea · Chalkwell · Eastwood · Westcliff-on-Sea
Photograph shows Westcliff-on-Sea, a suburb in this constituency, not the whole of Southend West and Leigh.
Your member of parliament
David Burton-Sampson
LabourLabour won Southend West and Leigh at the 2024 general election with a majority of 1,949 votes, or 4.1 points. A swing of 2.0 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 94 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 556.
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How safe is this seat?
Marginal
A majority of 4.1 points, which is larger than 94 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 1,949 votes.
Majority
1,949
4.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
62.5%
+2.8 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
10
46,968 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Burton-SampsonElected | Labour | 16,739 | 35.6% | +1.9 |
| Anna Firth | Conservative | 14,790 | 31.5% | +7.8 |
| Peter Little | Reform UK | 8,273 | 17.6% | +3.3 |
| Tilly Hogrebe | Green Party | 3,262 | 6.9% | +0.5 |
| Stephen Cummins | Liberal Democrat | 3,174 | 6.8% | -5.5 |
| James Miller | Confelicity | 262 | 0.6% | +0.6 |
| Tom Darwood | Independent | 172 | 0.4% | -1.7 |
| Jason Pilley | Psychedelic Movement | 99 | 0.2% | +0.2 |
| Lara Hurley | Heritage Party | 99 | 0.2% | +0.2 |
| Robert Francis | Independent | 98 | 0.2% | -1.8 |
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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