Bishop Auckland general election candidates for 2024

Bishop Auckland was one of the seats that caught the headlines in 2019 when the area elected a Conservative MP for the first time. Dehenna Davidson was tipped as a rising star of the Tory party after being elected at the age of 26. She became a Levelling Up Minister but has opted to leave frontline politics after just a single term.

Labour are looking to win back the seat with union activist Sam Rushworth while the Conservatives have selected small business owner Jane MacBean, who was previously a councillor in Buckinghamshire. Bishop Auckland is a mostly rural seat that includes the market towns of Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle, boundary changes have seen it gain Tow Law and Crook.

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Here are the Bishop Auckland candidates for the General Election in 2024:

• Rhys Burriss - Reform

• Helen Cross - Liberal Democrat

• Sarah Hannan - Green

• Jane MacBean - Conservative

• Rachel Maughan - Transform Party

• Sam Rushworth - Labour

Below is a gadget that will update as Bishop Auckland's general election results for 2024 are announced: