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Historical verified result · E14001590

Witham general election result, 2024.

Priti Patel (Conservative) won Witham in the 2024 UK general election by 5,145 votes over Rumi Chowdhury (Labour).

Direct answer

Priti Patel was elected.

Priti Patel received 18,827 votes (37.21%). Rumi Chowdhury received 13,682 votes (27.04%).

Winning party
Conservative
Runner-up party
Labour
Winning majority
5,145
Turnout
64.06%
Valid votes
50,603
Electorate
78,991
Complete candidate result

All 6 candidates.

PlaceCandidatePartyVotesShare
1Priti Patel ↗ElectedConservative18,82737.21%
2Rumi ChowdhuryLabour13,68227.04%
3Timothy BlaxillReform UK9,87019.50%
4James AbbottGreen Party3,5396.99%
5Ashley ThompsonLiberal Democrat3,4396.80%
6Chelsey JayIndependent1,2462.46%
Permanent constituency record

Witham, England

Electionpedia ID
eop-result-uk-2024-commons-e14001590
Official constituency code
E14001590
Region
East of England
Nation
England
Polling date
4 July 2024
Result summary
Con hold
Invalid ballots
171
Coverage boundary

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