Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest is a constituency in the East Midlands region of England. The seat has been held by Michelle Welsh (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
5,443
Electorate
78,896
Turnout
61.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Michelle Welsh
Labour
18,841 38.7% 9.2%
Mark Spencer
Conservative
13,398 27.5% -33.3%
Helen O'Hare
Reform UK
11,320 23.3% 23.3%
Sheila Greatrex-White
Green Party
2,216 4.6% 2.0%
David Dobbie
Liberal Democrat
1,838 3.8% -1.9%
Lee Waters
Independent
864 1.8% 1.8%
Jeremy Spry
Independent
183 0.4% 0.4%