Direct answer
Matt Bishop was elected.
Matt Bishop received 16,373 votes (34.05%). Mark Harper received 16,095 votes (33.47%).
- Winning party
- Labour
- Runner-up party
- Conservative
- Winning majority
- 278
- Turnout
- 66.01%
- Valid votes
- 48,091
- Electorate
- 72,857
Historical verified result · E14001240
Forest of Dean general election result, 2024.
Matt Bishop (Labour) won Forest of Dean in the 2024 UK general election by 278 votes over Mark Harper (Conservative).
Complete candidate result
All 6 candidates.
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bishop ↗Elected | Labour | 16,373 | 34.05% |
| 2 | Mark Harper ↗ | Conservative | 16,095 | 33.47% |
| 3 | Stan Goodin | Reform UK | 8,194 | 17.04% |
| 4 | Chris McFarling | Green Party | 4,735 | 9.85% |
| 5 | James Joyce | Liberal Democrat | 2,604 | 5.41% |
| 6 | Saiham Sikder | Socialist Labour Party | 90 | 0.19% |
Permanent constituency record
Forest of Dean, England
- Electionpedia ID
- eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001240
- Official constituency code
- E14001240
- Region
- South West
- Nation
- England
- Polling date
- 4 July 2024
- Result summary
- Lab gain from Con
- Invalid ballots
- 233
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