Direct answer
Pam Cox was elected.
Pam Cox received 18,804 votes (41.88%). James Cracknell received 10,554 votes (23.50%).
- Winning party
- Labour
- Runner-up party
- Conservative
- Winning majority
- 8,250
- Turnout
- 57.08%
- Valid votes
- 44,903
- Electorate
- 78,662
Historical verified result · E14001176
Colchester general election result, 2024.
Pam Cox (Labour) won Colchester in the 2024 UK general election by 8,250 votes over James Cracknell (Conservative).
Complete candidate result
All 6 candidates.
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pam Cox ↗Elected | Labour | 18,804 | 41.88% |
| 2 | James Cracknell | Conservative | 10,554 | 23.50% |
| 3 | Terence Longstaff | Reform UK | 6,664 | 14.84% |
| 4 | Martin Goss | Liberal Democrat | 6,393 | 14.24% |
| 5 | Sara Ruth | Green Party | 2,414 | 5.38% |
| 6 | James Rolfe | Climate Party | 74 | 0.16% |
Permanent constituency record
Colchester, England
- Electionpedia ID
- eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001176
- Official constituency code
- E14001176
- Region
- East of England
- Nation
- England
- Polling date
- 4 July 2024
- Result summary
- Lab gain from Con
- Invalid ballots
- 156
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