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Luton South

Every general election in Luton South since 1983 (until 2019). Latest: Rachel Hopkins, Labour, majority 8,756.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Rachel Hopkins ElectedLabour21,78751.8%
Parvez AkhtarConservative13,03131.0%
Gavin Shuker sitting MPIndependent3,8939.3%
Garry WarrenBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		1,6013.8%
Ben FoleyGreen9952.4%
Mohammed AshrafIndependent4891.2%
John FrenchThe Best for Luton Party2680.6%
Valid votes42,064
Majority8,75620.8%

Lab hold Turnout 60.7% of 69,338 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1983198719921997200120052010201520172019Labour, 1983: 33.3%Labour, 1987: 36.7%Labour, 1992: 43.5%Labour, 1997: 54.9%Labour, 2001: 55.2%Labour, 2005: 42.7%Labour, 2010: 34.9%Labour, 2015: 44.2%Labour, 2017: 62.4%Labour, 2019: 51.8%Conservative, 1983: 41.9%Conservative, 1987: 46.2%Conservative, 1992: 44.8%Conservative, 1997: 31.4%Conservative, 2001: 29.4%Conservative, 2005: 28.2%Conservative, 2010: 29.4%Conservative, 2015: 30.7%Conservative, 2017: 32.3%Conservative, 2019: 31.0%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 10.4%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 9.6%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 10.9%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 22.6%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 22.7%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 7.5%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 24.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 17.1%Independent, 2010: 6.7%Independent, 2015: 2.5%Independent, 2017: 0.4%Independent, 2019: 10.4%UK Independence Party, 2010: 2.3%UK Independence Party, 2015: 12.2%UK Independence Party, 2017: 1.7%
Vote share in Luton South at each general election Lab Con LD Alliance Ind UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Luton South (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
2019Lab Rachel HopkinsCon8,75620.860.7%Lab hold
2017Lab Gavin ShukerCon13,92530.268.7%Lab hold
2015Lab Gavin ShukerCon5,71113.562.3%Lab hold
2010Lab Gavin ShukerCon2,3295.564.7%Lab hold
2005LabCon5,65014.553.9%
2001LabCon10,13325.855.1%Lab hold
1997LabCon11,31923.570.4%
1992ConLab7991.479.1%Con hold
1987ConLab5,1159.675.2%Con hold
1983ConLab4,6218.674.9%

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 last won Luton South?

Rachel Hopkins (Labour) won Luton South at the 2019 general election with a majority of 8,756.

Which parties have won Luton South?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1983: Labour 7, Conservative 3.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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