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UK Parliamentary general election

Washington and Gateshead South constituency

This election was held on Thursday 4 July 2024.

  • There are 650 constituencies in the UK, and each elects one Member of Parliament (MP). Learn more about MPs on the UK Parliament website.

    A new set of constituency boundaries will be used for the 2024 UK general election. This means that your constituency may have changed. Learn more about the 2024 boundary changes.

6 candidates stood in the Washington and Gateshead South constituency.

Electorate 70,972
Ballot Papers Issued 37,121
Spoilt Ballots 100
Turnout 52%

Wikipedia

Washington and Gateshead South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and is currently held by Sharon Hodgson of the Labour Party. Hodgson was MP for the predecessor seats of Washington and Sunderland West from 2010 to 2024 and Gateshead East and Washington West from 2005 to 2010.

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