Elections and election results

UK Parliament election results

UK Parliament elections were held on 4 July 2024.

Member of Parliament for Thurrock

Jen Craft (Labour) was elected Member of Parliament for Thurrock with a majority of 6,474 (17.2%). The turnout was 51.3%.

A summary of the result is provided below.

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Michael Bukola Liberal Democrats 1,157 3.07%
Jen Craft Labour Party 16,050 42.60%
Jacqueline Doyle-Price Conservative 8,009 21.26%
Dr Nimal Raj Independent 443 1.18%
Yousaff Khan Workers Party 691 1.83%
Eugene McCarthy Green 1,632 4.33%
Sophie Preston-Hall Reform UK 9,576 25.42%

Voter turn-out totals were as follows.

Electors – Thurrock constituency Totals
Electors eligible to vote in person at polling stations 63,579
Electors who attended a polling station 29,760
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were initially refused because they did not have voter ID 20
Electors who were initially refused a ballot paper at a polling station because they did not have voter ID, but who later returned with voter ID and were issued with a ballot paper 16
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were refused because they did not have voter ID, and who had not been issued with a ballot paper by the time the poll closed 4
Electors issued with a ballot paper at polling stations 29,756

Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock

James McMurdock (Reform UK) was elected Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock with a majority of 98 (0.24%). The turnout was 54.6%.

A summary of the result is provided below.

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Simon John Breedon Social Democratic Party 140 0.35%
Steven Robert Burnett Independent 275 0.69%
Jack Anthony Ferguson Labour 12,080 30.45%
Elizabeth Margaret Rose Grant Green 1,718 4.33%
James McMurdock Reform UK 12,178 30.69%
Stephen James Metcalfe Conservative 10,159 25.60%
Neil Speight Independent 1,928 4.86%
Dave Thomas Liberal Democrats 1,071 2.70%

Voter turn-out totals were as follows.

Electors – South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency Totals
Electors eligible to vote in person at polling stations 64,948
Electors who attended a polling station 32,166
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were initially refused because they did not have voter ID 45
Electors who were initially refused a ballot paper at a polling station because they did not have voter ID, but who later returned with voter ID and were issued with a ballot paper 40
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were refused because they did not have voter ID, and who had not been issued with a ballot paper by the time the poll closed 5
Electors issued with a ballot paper at polling stations 32,161