Direct answer
Peter Dowd was elected.
Peter Dowd received 26,729 votes (68.75%). Darren Burns received 4,746 votes (12.21%).
- Winning party
- Labour
- Runner-up party
- Reform UK
- Winning majority
- 21,983
- Turnout
- 53.23%
- Valid votes
- 38,880
- Electorate
- 73,037
Historical verified result · E14001113
Bootle general election result, 2024.
Peter Dowd (Labour) won Bootle in the 2024 UK general election by 21,983 votes over Darren Burns (Reform UK).
Complete candidate result
All 6 candidates.
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Dowd ↗Elected | Labour | 26,729 | 68.75% |
| 2 | Darren Burns | Reform UK | 4,746 | 12.21% |
| 3 | Neil Doolin | Green Party | 3,904 | 10.04% |
| 4 | Rowena Bass | Conservative | 1,674 | 4.31% |
| 5 | John Gibson | Liberal Democrat | 1,301 | 3.35% |
| 6 | Ian Smith | Workers Party of Britain | 526 | 1.35% |
Permanent constituency record
Bootle, England
- Electionpedia ID
- eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001113
- Official constituency code
- E14001113
- Region
- North West
- Nation
- England
- Polling date
- 4 July 2024
- Result summary
- Lab hold
- Invalid ballots
- 139
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