Direct answer
Mike Tapp was elected.
Mike Tapp received 18,940 votes (39.64%). Howard Cox received 11,355 votes (23.77%).
- Winning party
- Labour
- Runner-up party
- Reform UK
- Winning majority
- 7,585
- Turnout
- 62.53%
- Valid votes
- 47,775
- Electorate
- 76,406
Historical verified result · E14001202
Dover and Deal general election result, 2024.
Mike Tapp (Labour) won Dover and Deal in the 2024 UK general election by 7,585 votes over Howard Cox (Reform UK).
Complete candidate result
All 11 candidates.
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Tapp ↗Elected | Labour | 18,940 | 39.64% |
| 2 | Howard Cox | Reform UK | 11,355 | 23.77% |
| 3 | Stephen James | Conservative | 10,370 | 21.71% |
| 4 | Christine Oliver | Green Party | 3,106 | 6.50% |
| 5 | Penelope James | Liberal Democrat | 2,595 | 5.43% |
| 6 | Geoffrey Lymer | Independent | 485 | 1.02% |
| 7 | Ash Payne | Independent | 369 | 0.77% |
| 8 | Steve Laws | English Democrats | 185 | 0.39% |
| 9 | Sylvia Petersen | Heritage Party | 168 | 0.35% |
| 10 | Chris Tough | Independent | 104 | 0.22% |
| 11 | Colin Tasker | Workers Party of Britain | 98 | 0.21% |
Permanent constituency record
Dover and Deal, England
- Electionpedia ID
- eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001202
- Official constituency code
- E14001202
- Region
- South East
- Nation
- England
- Polling date
- 4 July 2024
- Result summary
- Lab gain from Con
- Invalid ballots
- 185
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