Election for the constituency of Southampton, Test on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Southampton, Test, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Alan Whitehead with a majority of 6,213 - 13.8% - on a turnout of 64.2%.

An electorate of 70,116, having a valid vote count of 44,994 and an invalid vote count of 122.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
WHITEHEAD, Alan Lab 22,256 49.5% -9.2%
GALTON, Steven Con 16,043 35.7% 1.5%
RICHARDS, Joe LD 3,449 7.7% 3.6%
CROOK, Philip BRX 1,591 3.5% -
BARBOUR, Katherine Green 1,433 3.2% -
BARRY, Kev Ind 222 0.5% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 05:04 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.