Luke Akehurst

Luke Akehurst is the Labour MP for North Durham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency North Durham when Luke Akehurst was elected.

2024 General Election

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

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
5,873
Electorate
73,226
Turnout
56.8%

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
Luke Akehurst
Labour
16,562 39.8% -3.8%
Andrew Husband
Reform UK
10,689 25.7% 15.0%
George Carter
Conservative
6,492 15.6% -18.8%
Craig Martin
Liberal Democrat
4,208 10.1% 3.8%
Sunny Moon-Schott
Green Party
2,366 5.7% 3.1%
Chris Bradburn
Workers Party of Britain
928 2.2% 2.2%
Tom Chittenden
Social Democratic Party
320 0.8% 0.8%