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South East: general election results and history

Seats and votes in South East at every UK general election from 1918 to 2024, with the result in each of its 91 constituencies.

2024: 91 seats

Aldershot: Lab (Alex Baker), majority 11.7% — Lab gain from ConArundel and South Downs: Con (Andrew Griffith), majority 22.2%Ashford: Lab (Sojan Joseph), majority 3.8% — Lab gain from ConAylesbury: Lab (Laura Kyrke-Smith), majority 1.3% — Lab gain from ConBanbury: Lab (Sean Woodcock), majority 6.8% — Lab gain from ConBasingstoke: Lab (Luke Murphy), majority 13.2% — Lab gain from ConBeaconsfield: Con (Joy Morrissey), majority 11.4%Bexhill and Battle: Con (Kieran Mullan), majority 5.6%Bicester and Woodstock: LD (Calum Miller), majority 9.9% — LD gain from ConBognor Regis and Littlehampton: Con (Alison Griffiths), majority 3.7%Bracknell: Lab (Peter Swallow), majority 1.8% — Lab gain from ConBrighton Kemptown and Peacehaven: Lab (Chris Ward), majority 23.8%Brighton Pavilion: Grn (Siân Berry), majority 27.3%Buckingham and Bletchley: Lab (Callum Anderson), majority 5.1% — Lab gain from ConCanterbury: Lab (Rosie Duffield), majority 18.3%Chatham and Aylesford: Lab (Tristan Osborne), majority 4.9% — Lab gain from ConChesham and Amersham: LD (Sarah Green), majority 10.0% — LD gain from ConChichester: LD (Jess Brown-Fuller), majority 23.4% — LD gain from ConCrawley: Lab (Peter Lamb), majority 11.5% — Lab gain from ConDartford: Lab (Jim Dickson), majority 2.7% — Lab gain from ConDidcot and Wantage: LD (Olly Glover), majority 11.4% — LD gain from ConDorking and Horley: LD (Chris Coghlan), majority 10.8% — LD gain from ConDover and Deal: Lab (Mike Tapp), majority 15.9% — Lab gain from ConEarley and Woodley: Lab (Yuan Yang), majority 1.9% — Lab gain from ConEast Grinstead and Uckfield: Con (Mims Davies), majority 16.8%East Hampshire: Con (Damian Hinds), majority 2.6%East Surrey: Con (Claire Coutinho), majority 15.1%East Thanet: Lab (Polly Billington), majority 16.3% — Lab gain from ConEast Worthing and Shoreham: Lab (Tom Rutland), majority 19.4% — Lab gain from ConEastbourne: LD (Josh Babarinde), majority 26.8% — LD gain from ConEastleigh: LD (Liz Jarvis), majority 3.3% — LD gain from ConEpsom and Ewell: LD (Helen Maguire), majority 6.8% — LD gain from ConEsher and Walton: LD (Monica Harding), majority 22.3% — LD gain from ConFareham and Waterlooville: Con (Suella Braverman), majority 12.1%Farnham and Bordon: Con (Greg Stafford), majority 2.5%Faversham and Mid Kent: Con (Helen Whately), majority 3.2%Folkestone and Hythe: Lab (Tony Vaughan), majority 8.6% — Lab gain from ConGillingham and Rainham: Lab (Naushabah Khan), majority 9.7% — Lab gain from ConGodalming and Ash: Con (Jeremy Hunt), majority 1.6%Gosport: Con (Caroline Dinenage), majority 13.7%Gravesham: Lab (Lauren Sullivan), majority 6.3% — Lab gain from ConGuildford: LD (Zöe Franklin), majority 17.5% — LD gain from ConHamble Valley: Con (Paul Holmes), majority 8.9%Hastings and Rye: Lab (Helena Dollimore), majority 18.8% — Lab gain from ConHavant: Con (Alan Mak), majority 0.2%Henley and Thame: LD (Freddie Van Mierlo), majority 11.8% — LD gain from ConHerne Bay and Sandwich: Con (Roger Gale), majority 5.1%Horsham: LD (John Milne), majority 4.5% — LD gain from ConHove and Portslade: Lab (Peter Kyle), majority 38.1%Isle of Wight East: Con (Joe Robertson), majority 9.8%Isle of Wight West: Lab (Richard Quigley), majority 9.3% — Lab gain from ConLewes: LD (James MacCleary), majority 23.7% — LD gain from ConMaidenhead: LD (Joshua Reynolds), majority 5.9% — LD gain from ConMaidstone and Malling: Con (Helen Grant), majority 3.6%Mid Buckinghamshire: Con (Greg Smith), majority 10.9%Mid Sussex: LD (Alison Bennett), majority 12.5% — LD gain from ConMilton Keynes Central: Lab (Emily Darlington), majority 15.3% — Lab gain from ConMilton Keynes North: Lab (Chris Curtis), majority 11.8% — Lab gain from ConNew Forest East: Con (Julian Lewis), majority 18.8%New Forest West: Con (Desmond Swayne), majority 12.1%Newbury: LD (Lee Dillon), majority 4.9% — LD gain from ConNorth East Hampshire: LD (Alex Brewer), majority 1.1% — LD gain from ConNorth West Hampshire: Con (Kit Malthouse), majority 6.5%Oxford East: Lab (Anneliese Dodds), majority 36.8%Oxford West and Abingdon: LD (Layla Moran), majority 32.4%Portsmouth North: Lab (Amanda Martin), majority 1.9% — Lab gain from ConPortsmouth South: Lab (Stephen Morgan), majority 33.8%Reading Central: Lab (Matt Rodda), majority 27.9%Reading West and Mid Berkshire: Lab (Olivia Bailey), majority 2.9% — Lab gain from ConReigate: Con (Rebecca Paul), majority 6.0%Rochester and Strood: Lab (Lauren Edwards), majority 6.9% — Lab gain from ConRomsey and Southampton North: Con (Caroline Nokes), majority 4.4%Runnymede and Weybridge: Con (Ben Spencer), majority 15.8%Sevenoaks: Con (Laura Trott), majority 10.9%Sittingbourne and Sheppey: Lab (Kevin McKenna), majority 0.9% — Lab gain from ConSlough: Lab (Tan Dhesi), majority 8.4%Southampton Itchen: Lab (Darren Paffey), majority 16.0% — Lab gain from ConSouthampton Test: Lab (Satvir Kaur), majority 26.1%Spelthorne: Con (Lincoln Jopp), majority 3.4%Surrey Heath: LD (Al Pinkerton), majority 11.8% — LD gain from ConSussex Weald: Con (Nus Ghani), majority 13.9%Tonbridge: Con (Tom Tugendhat), majority 22.2%Tunbridge Wells: LD (Mike Martin), majority 16.0% — LD gain from ConWeald of Kent: Con (Katie Lam), majority 16.6%Winchester: LD (Danny Chambers), majority 24.2% — LD gain from ConWindsor: Con (Jack Rankin), majority 14.3%Witney: LD (Charles Maynard), majority 8.6% — LD gain from ConWoking: LD (Will Forster), majority 23.4% — LD gain from ConWokingham: LD (Clive Jones), majority 15.5% — LD gain from ConWorthing West: Lab (Beccy Cooper), majority 7.7% — Lab gain from ConWycombe: Lab (Emma Reynolds), majority 10.3% — Lab gain from Con
2024 winners; paler means a smaller majority. Tap a constituency.
0%20%40%60%80%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Conservative, 1918: 63.2%Conservative, 1922: 54.7%Conservative, 1923: 49.9%Conservative, 1924: 63.5%Conservative, 1929: 50.0%Conservative, 1931: 74.5%Conservative, 1935: 65.1%Conservative, 1945: 48.5%Conservative, 1950: 51.6%Conservative, 1951: 57.2%Conservative, 1955: 60.2%Conservative, 1959: 59.0%Conservative, 1964: 50.5%Conservative, 1966: 49.1%Conservative, 1970: 54.5%Conservative, February 1974: 46.9%Conservative, October 1974: 46.8%Conservative, 1979: 56.0%Conservative, 1983: 55.9%Conservative, 1987: 56.5%Conservative, 1992: 54.9%Conservative, 1997: 41.9%Conservative, 2001: 42.9%Conservative, 2005: 45.0%Conservative, 2010: 49.3%Conservative, 2015: 50.9%Conservative, 2017: 53.8%Conservative, 2019: 54.0%Conservative, 2024: 30.6%Labour, 1918: 17.7%Labour, 1922: 18.6%Labour, 1923: 19.9%Labour, 1924: 21.9%Labour, 1929: 22.6%Labour, 1931: 20.3%Labour, 1935: 27.2%Labour, 1945: 38.5%Labour, 1950: 36.7%Labour, 1951: 39.5%Labour, 1955: 37.5%Labour, 1959: 33.5%Labour, 1964: 32.5%Labour, 1966: 35.3%Labour, 1970: 31.1%Labour, February 1974: 25.1%Labour, October 1974: 28.4%Labour, 1979: 24.8%Labour, 1983: 14.5%Labour, 1987: 15.5%Labour, 1992: 18.9%Labour, 1997: 29.1%Labour, 2001: 29.4%Labour, 2005: 24.4%Labour, 2010: 16.2%Labour, 2015: 18.3%Labour, 2017: 28.6%Labour, 2019: 22.1%Labour, 2024: 24.5%Liberal, 1918: 9.4%Liberal, 1922: 20.3%Liberal, 1923: 28.9%Liberal, 1924: 14.6%Liberal, 1929: 26.9%Liberal, 1931: 2.6%Liberal, 1935: 5.0%Liberal, 1945: 9.5%Liberal, 1950: 10.0%Liberal, 1951: 1.5%Liberal, 1955: 2.0%Liberal, 1959: 7.5%Liberal, 1964: 16.9%Liberal, 1966: 14.5%Liberal, 1970: 12.9%Liberal, February 1974: 27.6%Liberal, October 1974: 24.3%Liberal, 1979: 18.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 24.7%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 23.3%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 23.7%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 25.4%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 26.2%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 9.4%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 10.5%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 18.2%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 21.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 28.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 27.6%UK Independence Party, 2010: 4.1%UK Independence Party, 2015: 14.7%UK Independence Party, 2017: 2.3%UK Independence Party, 2019: 0.2%UK Independence Party, 2024: 0.0%Reform UK, 2024: 14.0%
Vote share in South East at each general election Con Lab Lib LD Alliance UKIP Ref

Seats at every election

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  1. 2024
    Lab 36Con 30LD 24
  2. 2019
    Con 74Lab 8
  3. 2017
    Con 72Lab 8
  4. 2015
    Con 78
  5. 2010
    Con 74
  6. 2005
    Con 58Lab 19LD 6
  7. 2001
    Con 53Lab 22LD 8
  8. 1997
    Con 54Lab 22LD 7
  9. 1992
    Con 76
  10. 1987
    Con 76
  11. 1983
    Con 76
  12. 1979
    Con 69
  13. October 1974
    Con 63Lab 8
  14. February 1974
    Con 66
  15. 1970
    Con 59
  16. 1966
    Con 49Lab 12
  17. 1964
    Con 54Lab 8
  18. 1959
    Con 58
  19. 1955
    Con 56Lab 6
  20. 1951
    Con 55Lab 8
  21. 1950
    Con 52Lab 11
  22. 1945
    Con 37Lab 14
  23. 1935
    Con 48
  24. 1931
    Con 48
  25. 1929
    Con 43Lab 4
  26. 1924
    Con 48
  27. 1923
    Con 35Lib 10
  28. 1922
    Con 45
  29. 1918
    Con 45

1918–1945 totals leave out multi-member seats, which the source does not split by party.

Constituencies in South East (2024)

ConstituencyWinnerMajority %Result
AldershotLab Alex Baker11.7Lab gain from Con
Arundel and South DownsCon Andrew Griffith22.2Con hold
AshfordLab Sojan Joseph3.8Lab gain from Con
AylesburyLab Laura Kyrke-Smith1.3Lab gain from Con
BanburyLab Sean Woodcock6.8Lab gain from Con
BasingstokeLab Luke Murphy13.2Lab gain from Con
BeaconsfieldCon Joy Morrissey11.4Con hold
Bexhill and BattleCon Kieran Mullan5.6Con hold
Bicester and WoodstockLD Calum Miller9.9LD gain from Con
Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon Alison Griffiths3.7Con hold
BracknellLab Peter Swallow1.8Lab gain from Con
Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenLab Chris Ward23.8Lab hold
Brighton PavilionGrn Siân Berry27.3Green hold
Buckingham and BletchleyLab Callum Anderson5.1Lab gain from Con
CanterburyLab Rosie Duffield18.3Lab hold
Chatham and AylesfordLab Tristan Osborne4.9Lab gain from Con
Chesham and AmershamLD Sarah Green10.0LD gain from Con
ChichesterLD Jess Brown-Fuller23.4LD gain from Con
CrawleyLab Peter Lamb11.5Lab gain from Con
DartfordLab Jim Dickson2.7Lab gain from Con
Didcot and WantageLD Olly Glover11.4LD gain from Con
Dorking and HorleyLD Chris Coghlan10.8LD gain from Con
Dover and DealLab Mike Tapp15.9Lab gain from Con
Earley and WoodleyLab Yuan Yang1.9Lab gain from Con
East Grinstead and UckfieldCon Mims Davies16.8Con hold
East HampshireCon Damian Hinds2.6Con hold
East SurreyCon Claire Coutinho15.1Con hold
East ThanetLab Polly Billington16.3Lab gain from Con
East Worthing and ShorehamLab Tom Rutland19.4Lab gain from Con
EastbourneLD Josh Babarinde26.8LD gain from Con
EastleighLD Liz Jarvis3.3LD gain from Con
Epsom and EwellLD Helen Maguire6.8LD gain from Con
Esher and WaltonLD Monica Harding22.3LD gain from Con
Fareham and WaterloovilleCon Suella Braverman12.1Con hold
Farnham and BordonCon Greg Stafford2.5Con hold
Faversham and Mid KentCon Helen Whately3.2Con hold
Folkestone and HytheLab Tony Vaughan8.6Lab gain from Con
Gillingham and RainhamLab Naushabah Khan9.7Lab gain from Con
Godalming and AshCon Jeremy Hunt1.6Con hold
GosportCon Caroline Dinenage13.7Con hold
GraveshamLab Lauren Sullivan6.3Lab gain from Con
GuildfordLD Zöe Franklin17.5LD gain from Con
Hamble ValleyCon Paul Holmes8.9Con hold
Hastings and RyeLab Helena Dollimore18.8Lab gain from Con
HavantCon Alan Mak0.2Con hold
Henley and ThameLD Freddie Van Mierlo11.8LD gain from Con
Herne Bay and SandwichCon Roger Gale5.1Con hold
HorshamLD John Milne4.5LD gain from Con
Hove and PortsladeLab Peter Kyle38.1Lab hold
Isle of Wight EastCon Joe Robertson9.8Con hold
Isle of Wight WestLab Richard Quigley9.3Lab gain from Con
LewesLD James MacCleary23.7LD gain from Con
MaidenheadLD Joshua Reynolds5.9LD gain from Con
Maidstone and MallingCon Helen Grant3.6Con hold
Mid BuckinghamshireCon Greg Smith10.9Con hold
Mid SussexLD Alison Bennett12.5LD gain from Con
Milton Keynes CentralLab Emily Darlington15.3Lab gain from Con
Milton Keynes NorthLab Chris Curtis11.8Lab gain from Con
New Forest EastCon Julian Lewis18.8Con hold
New Forest WestCon Desmond Swayne12.1Con hold
NewburyLD Lee Dillon4.9LD gain from Con
North East HampshireLD Alex Brewer1.1LD gain from Con
North West HampshireCon Kit Malthouse6.5Con hold
Oxford EastLab Anneliese Dodds36.8Lab hold
Oxford West and AbingdonLD Layla Moran32.4LD hold
Portsmouth NorthLab Amanda Martin1.9Lab gain from Con
Portsmouth SouthLab Stephen Morgan33.8Lab hold
Reading CentralLab Matt Rodda27.9Lab hold
Reading West and Mid BerkshireLab Olivia Bailey2.9Lab gain from Con
ReigateCon Rebecca Paul6.0Con hold
Rochester and StroodLab Lauren Edwards6.9Lab gain from Con
Romsey and Southampton NorthCon Caroline Nokes4.4Con hold
Runnymede and WeybridgeCon Ben Spencer15.8Con hold
SevenoaksCon Laura Trott10.9Con hold
Sittingbourne and SheppeyLab Kevin McKenna0.9Lab gain from Con
SloughLab Tan Dhesi8.4Lab hold
Southampton ItchenLab Darren Paffey16.0Lab gain from Con
Southampton TestLab Satvir Kaur26.1Lab hold
SpelthorneCon Lincoln Jopp3.4Con hold
Surrey HeathLD Al Pinkerton11.8LD gain from Con
Sussex WealdCon Nus Ghani13.9Con hold
TonbridgeCon Tom Tugendhat22.2Con hold
Tunbridge WellsLD Mike Martin16.0LD gain from Con
Weald of KentCon Katie Lam16.6Con hold
WinchesterLD Danny Chambers24.2LD gain from Con
WindsorCon Jack Rankin14.3Con hold
WitneyLD Charles Maynard8.6LD gain from Con
WokingLD Will Forster23.4LD gain from Con
WokinghamLD Clive Jones15.5LD gain from Con
Worthing WestLab Beccy Cooper7.7Lab gain from Con
WycombeLab Emma Reynolds10.3Lab gain from Con

Questions and answers

Who won South East at the 2024 general election?

Labour won 36 of 91 seats with 24.5% of the vote.

Which party usually wins most seats in South East?

Party with the most seats in South East at each general election since 1918: Conservative 28, Labour 1.

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