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General election 2024

The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Notional election for the constituency of West Dorset on 12 December 2019.

A notional election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of West Dorset, forming part of the notional general election on 12 December 2019.

Conservative win with a majority of 12,388 - 21.4% - on a turnout of 76.7%.

Candidates

Party Vote Vote share
Conservative 31,375 54.3%
Liberal Democrat 18,987 32.8%
Labour 5,414 9.4%
Green Party 2,037 3.5%

An electorate of 75,390, having a valid vote count of 57,813.

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.

Estimates of the 2019 general election result in new constituencies

BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association have together produced estimates of the 2019 general election result as if the new constituencies recommended by the separate Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had then been in existence.

Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News.

An explanation of the methods used and the electoral impact of the changes can be found in the linked document.