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Bristol East

Every general election in Bristol East since 1918. Latest: Kerry McCarthy, Labour, majority 6,606.

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Member of Parliament

Kerry McCarthy

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 6,606

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Kerry McCarthy Elected sitting MPLabour20,74845.0%
Ani Stafford-TownsendGreen14,14230.7%
Dan ConaghanConservative6,43514.0%
Tony SutcliffeLiberal Democrats2,7135.9%
Farooq SiddiqueIndependent1,2592.7%
Claire DunnageSocial Democratic Party5551.2%
Wael ArafatIndependent2570.6%
Valid votes46,109
Majority6,60614.3%

Lab hold Turnout 60.7% of 75,917 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1918192319291935198319922001201020172024Labour, 1918: 42.8%Labour, 1922: 49.7%Labour, 1923: 53.7%Labour, 1924: 58.2%Labour, 1929: 65.8%Labour, 1931: 50.6%Labour, 1935: 59.3%Labour, 1945: 73.5%Labour, 1983: 36.9%Labour, 1987: 35.4%Labour, 1992: 44.6%Labour, 1997: 56.9%Labour, 2001: 55.0%Labour, 2005: 45.9%Labour, 2010: 36.6%Labour, 2015: 39.3%Labour, 2017: 60.7%Labour, 2019: 53.1%Labour, 2024: 45.0%Conservative, 1931: 49.4%Conservative, 1945: 26.5%Conservative, 1983: 40.5%Conservative, 1987: 43.6%Conservative, 1992: 39.2%Conservative, 1997: 23.4%Conservative, 2001: 21.8%Conservative, 2005: 21.1%Conservative, 2010: 28.3%Conservative, 2015: 30.7%Conservative, 2017: 34.4%Conservative, 2019: 32.5%Conservative, 2024: 14.0%Liberal, 1918: 7.6%Liberal, 1923: 46.3%Liberal, 1924: 41.8%Liberal, 1929: 34.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 15.7%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 14.8%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 17.1%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 25.2%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 24.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 5.8%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.7%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 6.8%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 5.9%National Liberal, 1922: 50.3%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 49.6%Green, 2010: 1.8%Green, 2015: 8.3%Green, 2017: 2.2%Green, 2019: 4.0%Green, 2024: 30.7%
Vote share in Bristol East at each general election Lab Con Lib LD Nat Lib Co Lib Grn

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Bristol East lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Where the voters of the old Bristol East (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Kerry McCarthyGrn6,60614.360.7%Lab hold
2019Lab Kerry McCarthyCon10,79420.770.6%Lab hold
2017Lab Kerry McCarthyCon13,39426.470.1%Lab hold
2015Lab Kerry McCarthyCon3,9808.664.9%Lab hold
2010Lab Kerry McCarthyCon3,7228.364.8%Lab hold
2005LabLD8,62120.761.4%
2001LabCon13,39233.257.4%Lab hold
1997LabCon16,15933.569.7%
1992LabCon2,6925.480.4%Lab gain from Con
1987ConLab4,1238.278.7%Con hold
1983ConLab1,7893.773.1%
1945LabCon17,90247.176.2%
1935LabNat Lab6,88318.575.8%Lab hold
1931LabCon4291.180.2%Lab hold
1929LabLib11,62131.678.2%Lab hold
1924LabLib4,77716.479.8%Lab hold
1923LabLib2,0407.476.5%Lab gain from Nat Lib
1922Nat LibLab1510.677.5%Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
1918Co LibLab1,2996.856.5%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Bristol East?

Kerry McCarthy (Labour) won Bristol East at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,606.

Which parties have won Bristol East?

At the 19 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 15, Conservative 2, National Liberal 1, Coalition Liberal 1.

Which region is Bristol East in?

Bristol East is in South West.

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