Smethwick General Election results 2024

Jordan Coussins

4 July 2024 at 10:17 pm·1-min read

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Gurinder Singh Josan has won the Smethwick seat for Labour in the 2024 general election with 16,858 votes. They won with a big majority from Reform UK.

Reform came second with 5,670 votes in the seat. It means Labour has a majority of 11,188. It was the latest of a string of tough results for the Conservatives, who polled just 4,546.

Previously Warley, the new seat of Smethwick comes as a result of the boundary review. Largely remaining the same geographically, part of Blackheath has moved into the new Halesowen seat and out of the old Warley (now Smethwick) constituency.

Turnout: 48.2%

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Smethwick General Election result 2024

Jay Anandou (Independent) - 1,322 votes
Ravaldeep Bath (TUSC) - 163 votes
Pete Durnell (Reform) - 5,670 votes
Kate Lauren Fairhurst (Conservative) - 4,546 votes
Christopher Alexander Graham (Independent) - 348 votes
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour) - 16,858 votes
Roderick Andrew MacRorie (Green) - 2,741 votes
Oliver James Patrick (Lib Dem) - 1,018 votes
Nahim Rubani (WPB) - 2,449 votes

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Smethwick General Election result 2024

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