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England · Constituency

Stroud

Represented by Dr Simon Opher (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Dr Simon Opher

Labour

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

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 11,388 votes.

Majority

11,388

20.6% of votes cast.

Turnout

70.9%

55,221 of 77,905 on the register.

Candidates

7

55,221 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Simon OpherElectedLabour25,60746.4%
Siobhan BaillieConservative14,21925.7%
Chris LesterReform UK6,32911.5%
Pete KennedyGreen Party5,72910.4%
George JamesLiberal Democrat2,9135.3%
Saskia WhitfieldIndependent2610.5%
Jason HughesVolt United Kingdom1630.3%

Safe. A comfortable margin. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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Local news for Stroud

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