Washington and Gateshead South

Washington and Gateshead South is a constituency in the North East region of England. The seat has been held by Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
6,913
Electorate
70,972
Turnout
52.2%

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
Sharon Hodgson
Labour
17,682 47.8% 4.6%
Paul Donaghy
Reform UK
10,769 29.1% 15.3%
Shaun Parsons
Conservative
4,654 12.6% -21.2%
Michal Chantkowski
Green Party
1,687 4.6% 1.9%
Ciaran Morrissey
Liberal Democrat
1,602 4.3% -0.6%
Sharon McLafferty
Independent
627 1.7% 1.7%