Heidi Alexander

Heidi Alexander is the Labour MP for Swindon South, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Ministry of Justice).

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Swindon South when Heidi Alexander was elected.

2024 General Election

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

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
9,606
Electorate
72,575
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. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Heidi Alexander
Labour
21,676 48.4% 8.2%
Robert Buckland
Conservative
12,070 26.9% -24.7%
Catherine Kosidowski
Reform UK
6,194 13.8% 13.8%
Roderick Hebden
Green Party
2,539 5.7% 5.1%
Matthew McCabe
Liberal Democrat
1,843 4.1% -3.5%
Martin Costello
Independent
472 1.1% 1.1%