General Election 2024: Labour wins Carlisle for the first time in 14 years

Julie Minns received 18,129 votes

Author: LDRS reporter Ian Duncan and May NormanPublished 5th Jul 2024

Carlisle has a Labour MP for the first time in 14 years as the city followed the predicted trend shown across the country of a swing towards Keir Starmer’s party.

The result was announced by the returning officer, Chris Holmes DL who is the High Sherriff of Cumbria, around 3.30am on Friday (July 5) following the count at the city’s Civic Centre.

The results were as follows:

  • Julie Minns (Labour) received 18,129 votes
  • John Stevenson (Conservative) received 12,929
  • Stephen Ward (Reform UK) got 9295 votes
  • Brian Wernham (Lib Dems) got 2982 votes
  • Gavin Hawkton (Green) got 1922
  • Sean Reed (independent) received 303 votes
  • Rachel Hayton (SDP) got 244 votes
  • Thomas Lynestrider (Independent) got 175 votes

Out of a total electorate of 77,863 there were 46,136 ballots were verified which represented a turnout of 59.25 per cent.

There were 152 spoiled ballot papers – of which 29 were voting for more than one candidate and 123 were unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty.

Mr Stevenson had previously held the seat since first being elected to the seat in 2010.

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