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Newark — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Newark was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 3,572 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Newark from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Ewart Gladstone (Conservative); William Farnworth Handley (Conservative) 798 36.8% (top seat) Thomas Wilde (Whig) 72 (3.0 pts) 76.5%
1835 William Ewart Gladstone (Conservative); Thomas Wilde (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 William Ewart Gladstone (Conservative); Thomas Wilde (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 William Ewart Gladstone (Conservative); John James Robert Manners (Conservative) 630 38.2% (top seat) Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse (Whig) 236 (14.2 pts) 74.2%
1847 John Henry Manners-Sutton (Conservative); John Stuart (Conservative) 487 39.8% (top seat) George Hussey Packe (Conservative) 44 (2.9 pts) 81.2%
1852 Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon (Peelite); John Henry Manners-Sutton (Conservative) 479 39.3% (top seat) Marcus Mereweather Turner (Radical) 117 (8.4 pts) 79.9%
1857 John Handley (Peelite); Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton (Peelite) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Grosvenor Hodgkinson (Liberal); John Handley (Liberal) 435 36.5% (top seat) Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton (Conservative) 19 (1.4 pts) 87.8%
1865 Grosvenor Hodgkinson (Liberal); Arthur Pelham-Clinton (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Grosvenor Hodgkinson (Liberal); Edward Denison (Liberal) 1,017 37.1% (top seat) Philip Handley (Independent Liberal) 191 (6.5 pts) 81.3%
1874 Thomas Earp (Liberal); Samuel Boteler Bristowe (Liberal) 912 27.6% (top seat) Edward Field (Conservative) 88 (2.5 pts) 89.2%
1880 Thomas Earp (Liberal); William Newzam Prior Nicholson (Conservative) 993 26.6% (top seat) Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton (Conservative) 8 (0.2 pts) 87.8%
1885 Charles William Sydney Pierrepont (Conservative) 5,283 60.0% Thomas Earp (Liberal) 1,754 (19.9 pts) 86.3%
1886 Charles William Sydney Pierrepont (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Charles William Sydney Pierrepont (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1895 Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Charles Glynne Earle Welby (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 John Ralph Starkey (Conservative) 4,772 51.8% Alexis Moreton Mandeville (Liberal) 328 (3.6 pts) 84.8%
Jan 1910 John Ralph Starkey (Conservative) 5,497 54.3% Robert Burley Wallis (Liberal) 879 (8.7 pts) 89.4%
Dec 1910 John Ralph Starkey (Conservative) 5,049 60.4% Robert Burley Wallis (Liberal) 742 (8.9 pts) 73.9%
1918 John Ralph Starkey (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 15,423 64.8% Henry Nixon (Labour) 7,045 (29.6 pts) 79.9%
1923 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 12,357 55.9% Lawrence Priestley (Liberal) 2,616 (11.8 pts) 72.4%
1924 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 14,129 60.6% Harry Varley (Labour) 9,053 (38.8 pts) 74.2%
1929 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 15,707 45.5% James Haslam (Liberal) 4,939 (14.3 pts) 77.0%
1931 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 25,445 70.1% John Rotherford Bellerby (Labour) 14,605 (40.2 pts) 75.9%
1935 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 21,793 62.4% Archibald Ward Sharman (Labour) 8,666 (24.8 pts) 69.9%
1945 Sydney Shephard (Conservative) 18,580 45.1% Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny (Labour) 1,132 (2.8 pts) 73.0%
1950 George Deer (Labour) 28,959 54.2% Sydney Shephard (Conservative) 7,437 (13.9 pts) 88.1%
1951 George Deer (Labour) 30,476 57.2% Ronald Watson (Conservative) 7,659 (14.4 pts) 85.5%
1955 George Deer (Labour) 23,057 52.4% Ronald Watson (Conservative) 2,141 (4.9 pts) 83.5%
1959 George Deer (Labour) 24,072 51.9% Peter Jenkin-Jones (Conservative) 1,772 (3.8 pts) 84.9%
1964 Edward Stanley Bishop (Labour) 26,171 54.4% Peter Jenkin-Jones (Conservative) 4,196 (8.7 pts) 83.1%
1966 Edward Bishop (Labour) 27,402 56.7% Peter Jenkin-Jones (Conservative) 6,489 (13.4 pts) 81.2%
1970 Edward Bishop (Labour) 26,455 51.2% Donald Gordon Allen (Conservative) 1,220 (2.4 pts) 76.1%
Oct 1974 Edward Bishop (Labour) 26,598 47.9% David Henderson Cargill (Conservative) 5,771 (10.4 pts) 77.9%
Feb 1974 Edward Bishop (Labour) 31,586 53.8% David Henderson Cargill (Conservative) 4,497 (7.7 pts) 82.9%
1979 Richard Alexander (Conservative) 27,711 45.8% Edward Bishop (Labour) 1,751 (2.9 pts) 79.9%
1983 Richard Alexander (Conservative) 26,334 53.8% John McGuiggan (Labour) 14,283 (29.2 pts) 76.4%
1987 Richard Alexander (Conservative) 28,070 53.5% David Hugh Barton (Labour) 13,543 (25.8 pts) 78.0%
1992 Richard Alexander (Conservative) 28,494 50.4% David Hugh Barton (Labour) 8,229 (14.6 pts) 82.2%
1997 Fiona Jones (Labour) 23,496 45.2% Richard Alexander (Conservative) 3,016 (5.8 pts) 74.5%
2001 Patrick Mercer (Conservative) 20,983 46.5% Fiona Jones (Labour) 4,073 (9.0 pts) 63.5%
2005 Patrick Mercer (Conservative) 21,946 48.0% Jason Reece (Labour) 6,464 (14.1 pts) 63.2%
2010 Patrick Mercer (Conservative) 27,590 53.9% Ian Campbell (Labour) 16,152 (31.5 pts) 71.5%
2015 Robert Jenrick (Conservative) 29,834 57.0% Michael Payne (Labour) 18,474 (35.3 pts) 71.1%
2017 Robert Jenrick (Conservative) 34,493 62.7% Chantal Lee (Labour) 18,149 (33.0 pts) 73.1%
2019 Robert Jenrick (Conservative) 34,660 63.3% James Baggaley (Labour) 21,816 (39.8 pts) 72.5%
2024 Robert Jenrick (Conservative) 20,968 39.2% Saj Ahmad (Labour) 3,572 (6.7 pts) 67.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Ewart Gladstone Conservative 88736.8% Yes
William Farnworth Handley Conservative 79833.1% Yes
Thomas Wilde Whig 72630.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Ewart Gladstone Conservative Unopposed Yes
Thomas Wilde Whig Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Ewart Gladstone Conservative Unopposed Yes
Thomas Wilde Whig Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Ewart Gladstone Conservative 63338.2% Yes
John James Robert Manners Conservative 63038.0% Yes
Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse Whig 39423.8% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Manners-Sutton Conservative 61439.8% Yes
John Stuart Conservative 48731.5% Yes
George Hussey Packe Conservative 44328.7% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon Peelite 54539.3% Yes
John Henry Manners-Sutton Conservative 47934.6% Yes
Marcus Mereweather Turner Radical 36226.1% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Handley Peelite Unopposed Yes
Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton Peelite Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Grosvenor Hodgkinson Liberal 48936.5% Yes
John Handley Liberal 43532.5% Yes
Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton Conservative 41631.0% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Grosvenor Hodgkinson Liberal Unopposed Yes
Arthur Pelham-Clinton Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Grosvenor Hodgkinson Liberal 1,08937.1% Yes
Edward Denison Liberal 1,01734.7% Yes
Philip Handley Independent Liberal 82628.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Earp Liberal 97327.6% Yes
Samuel Boteler Bristowe Liberal 91225.9% Yes
Edward Field Conservative 82423.4% No
Henry Eyre Conservative 81323.1% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Earp Liberal 1,07326.6% Yes
William Newzam Prior Nicholson Conservative 99324.6% Yes
Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton Conservative 98524.4% No
Samuel Boteler Bristowe Liberal 98224.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont Conservative 5,28360.0% Yes
Thomas Earp Liberal 3,52940.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont Conservative Unopposed Yes

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Glynne Earle Welby Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ralph Starkey Conservative 4,77251.8% Yes
Alexis Moreton Mandeville Liberal 4,44448.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ralph Starkey Conservative 5,49754.3% Yes
Robert Burley Wallis Liberal 4,61845.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ralph Starkey Conservative 5,04960.4% Yes
Robert Burley Wallis Liberal 4,30751.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ralph Starkey Unionist Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 15,42364.8% Yes
Henry Nixon Labour 8,37835.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 12,35755.9% Yes
Lawrence Priestley Liberal 9,74144.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 14,12960.6% Yes
Harry Varley Labour 5,07621.8% No
James Haslam Liberal 4,12417.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 15,70745.5% Yes
James Haslam Liberal 10,76831.2% No
William Richard Grosvenor Haywood Labour 8,06023.3% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 25,44570.1% Yes
John Rotherford Bellerby Labour 10,84029.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 21,79362.4% Yes
Archibald Ward Sharman Labour 13,12737.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sydney Shephard Conservative 18,58045.1% Yes
Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny Labour 17,44842.3% No
Harold Francis Calladine Liberal 5,17512.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Deer Labour 28,95954.2% Yes
Sydney Shephard Conservative 21,52240.3% No
Ernest Harold Pickering Liberal 2,9505.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Deer Labour 30,47657.2% Yes
Ronald Watson Conservative 22,81742.8% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Deer Labour 23,05752.4% Yes
Ronald Watson Conservative 20,91647.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Deer Labour 24,07251.9% Yes
Peter Jenkin-Jones Conservative 22,30048.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Stanley Bishop Labour 26,17154.4% Yes
Peter Jenkin-Jones Conservative 21,97545.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Bishop Labour 27,40256.7% Yes
Peter Jenkin-Jones Conservative 20,91343.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Bishop Labour 26,45551.2% Yes
Donald Gordon Allen Conservative 25,23548.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Bishop Labour 26,59847.9% Yes
David Henderson Cargill Conservative 20,82737.5% No
Ifor Glyn Meurig Jones Liberal 8,11614.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Bishop Labour 31,58653.8% Yes
David Henderson Cargill Conservative 27,08946.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Alexander Conservative 27,71145.8% Yes
Edward Bishop Labour 25,96042.9% No
John Mckinnon Baker Liberal 6,77311.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Alexander Conservative 26,33453.8% Yes
John McGuiggan Labour 12,05124.6% No
Stuart Ross Thompstone Social Democratic Party 10,07620.6% No
Patricia Ann Hewis Green 4630.9% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Alexander Conservative 28,07053.5% Yes
David Hugh Barton Labour 14,52727.7% No
George Anthony Dyke Emerson Social Democratic Party 9,83318.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Alexander Conservative 28,49450.4% Yes
David Hugh Barton Labour 20,26535.8% No
Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris Liberal Democrat 7,34213.0% No
Patricia Ann Wood Green 4350.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fiona Jones Labour 23,49645.2% Yes
Richard Alexander Conservative 20,48039.4% No
Peter Harris Liberal Democrat 5,96011.5% No
Graham Creedy Referendum Party 2,0353.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Mercer Conservative 20,98346.5% Yes
Fiona Jones Labour 16,91037.5% No
David Harding-Price Liberal Democrat 5,97013.2% No
Donald Haxby Independent 8221.8% No
Ian Thomson Socialist Alliance 4621.0% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Mercer Conservative 21,94648.0% Yes
Jason Reece Labour 15,48233.9% No
Stuart Thompstone Liberal Democrat 7,27615.9% No
Charlotte Creasy UKIP 9922.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Mercer Conservative 27,59053.9% Yes
Ian Campbell Labour 11,43822.3% No
Pauline Jenkins Liberal Democrat 10,24620.0% No
Tom Irvine UKIP 1,9543.8% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Jenrick Conservative 29,83457.0% Yes
Michael Payne Labour 11,36021.7% No
Brian Mapletoft UKIP 6,29412.0% No
David Dobbie Liberal Democrat 2,3854.6% No
Elayne Forster Green 1,7923.4% No
Helen Tyrer Consensus 6371.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Jenrick Conservative 34,49362.7% Yes
Chantal Lee Labour 16,34429.7% No
David Watts Liberal Democrat 2,7865.1% No
Xandra Arundel UKIP 1,4192.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Jenrick Conservative 34,66063.3% Yes
James Baggaley Labour 12,84423.5% No
David Watts Liberal Democrat 5,3089.7% No
Jay Henderson Green 1,9503.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Jenrick Conservative 20,96839.2% Yes
Saj Ahmad Labour 17,39632.5% No
Robert Palmer Reform UK 8,28015.5% No
David Watts Liberal Democrat 3,0265.7% No
Michael Ackroyd Green 2,3454.4% No
Adrian Amer Independent Network 8091.5% No
Lyn Galbraith Independent 3290.6% No
Matthew Darrington English Democrats 1560.3% No
Collan Siddique Workers Party of Britain 1500.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1841: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1847: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1852: Peelite margin 8.4 pts 1859: Liberal margin 1.4 pts 1868: Liberal margin 6.5 pts 1874: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1880: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1885: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 1906: Conservative margin 3.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 8.7 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 29.6 pts 1923: Unionist margin 11.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 38.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 14.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 40.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 24.8 pts 1945: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 13.9 pts 1951: Labour margin 14.4 pts 1955: Labour margin 4.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 3.8 pts 1964: Labour margin 8.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 13.4 pts 1970: Labour margin 2.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 10.4 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 7.7 pts 1979: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1983: Conservative margin 29.2 pts 1987: Conservative margin 25.8 pts 1992: Conservative margin 14.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 5.8 pts 2001: Conservative margin 9.0 pts 2005: Conservative margin 14.1 pts 2010: Conservative margin 31.5 pts 2015: Conservative margin 35.3 pts 2017: Conservative margin 33.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 39.8 pts 2024: Conservative margin 6.7 pts 1832 1841 1847 1852 1859 1868 1874 1880 1885 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Newark has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Peelite, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Newark in the 2024 general election?

Conservative won Newark in 2024 with 20,968 votes (39.2%), a majority of 3,572 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Newark since 1832?

Since 1832, Newark has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Peelite, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Newark?

The closest result on record for Newark was 1880, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 8 votes (0.2 percentage points).

Did Newark ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Newark elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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