Direct answer
Mel Stride was elected.
Mel Stride received 16,831 votes (31.50%). Ollie Pearson received 16,770 votes (31.39%).
- Winning party
- Conservative
- Runner-up party
- Labour
- Winning majority
- 61
- Turnout
- 70.88%
- Valid votes
- 53,432
- Electorate
- 75,385
Historical verified result · E14001155
Central Devon general election result, 2024.
Mel Stride (Conservative) won Central Devon in the 2024 UK general election by 61 votes over Ollie Pearson (Labour).
Complete candidate result
All 6 candidates.
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mel Stride ↗Elected | Conservative | 16,831 | 31.50% |
| 2 | Ollie Pearson | Labour | 16,770 | 31.39% |
| 3 | Mark Wooding | Liberal Democrat | 8,232 | 15.41% |
| 4 | Jeffrey Leeks | Reform UK | 7,784 | 14.57% |
| 5 | Gill Westcott | Green Party | 3,338 | 6.25% |
| 6 | Arthur Price | Independent | 477 | 0.89% |
Permanent constituency record
Central Devon, England
- Electionpedia ID
- eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001155
- Official constituency code
- E14001155
- Region
- South West
- Nation
- England
- Polling date
- 4 July 2024
- Result summary
- Con hold
- Invalid ballots
- 211
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