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Sedgefield — UK General Election Results

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

Sedgefield was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 4,513 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Sedgefield from 1918 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1918–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Rowland Burdon (Unionist) 6,627 42.0% John Herriotts (Labour) 826 (5.2 pts) 63.4%
1922 John Herriotts (Labour) 9,756 43.6% Eli Waddington (Unionist) 689 (3.1 pts) 76.1%
1923 Leonard Ropner (Unionist) 11,093 50.0% John Herriotts (Labour) 6 (0.0 pts) 74.5%
1924 Leonard Ropner (Unionist) 13,968 52.7% John Herriotts (Labour) 1,416 (5.3 pts) 85.4%
1929 John Herriotts (Labour) 15,749 47.7% Leonard Ropner (Unionist) 2,706 (8.2 pts) 83.0%
1931 Roland Jennings (Conservative) 21,956 58.8% John Herriots (Labour) 6,552 (17.5 pts) 84.4%
1935 John Robert Leslie (Labour) 20,375 52.3% Roland Jennings (Conservative) 1,771 (4.5 pts) 81.4%
1945 John Robert Leslie (Labour) 27,051 63.8% John Erskine Scott Walford (Conservative) 11,691 (27.6 pts) 77.3%
1950 Joseph Slater (Labour) 27,946 62.5% John Erskine Scott Walford (Conservative) 11,164 (25.0 pts) 87.0%
1951 Joseph Slater (Labour) 28,219 62.3% Eric Harrison (Conservative) 11,124 (24.6 pts) 86.4%
1955 Joseph Slater (Labour) 27,221 59.7% Dudley Fitz Mowbray Appleby (Conservative) 8,853 (19.4 pts) 79.9%
1959 Joseph Slater (Labour) 30,642 58.5% Dudley Fitz Mowbray Appleby (Conservative) 8,871 (16.9 pts) 82.5%
1964 Joseph Slater (Labour) 32,273 60.7% Cyril Frank Thring (Conservative) 11,342 (21.3 pts) 79.5%
1966 Joseph Slater (Labour) 34,058 64.7% Cyril Thring (Conservative) 15,438 (29.3 pts) 76.0%
1970 David Reed (Labour) 36,867 60.5% Arthur Albert Beck (Conservative) 12,831 (21.1 pts) 72.7%
1983 Tony Blair (Labour) 21,401 47.6% Gavin Horton (Conservative) 8,281 (18.4 pts) 72.9%
1987 Tony Blair (Labour) 25,965 56.0% Nigel Hawkins (Conservative) 13,058 (28.2 pts) 76.1%
1992 Tony Blair (Labour) 28,453 60.5% Nicholas Jopling (Conservative) 14,859 (31.6 pts) 77.1%
1997 Tony Blair (Labour) 33,526 71.2% Elizabeth Pitman (Conservative) 25,143 (53.4 pts) 72.6%
2001 Tony Blair (Labour) 26,110 64.9% Douglas Carswell (Conservative) 17,713 (44.0 pts) 62.0%
2005 Tony Blair (Labour) 24,421 58.9% Al Lockwood (Conservative) 18,449 (44.5 pts) 62.2%
2010 Phil Wilson (Labour) 18,141 45.1% Neil Mahapatra (Conservative) 8,696 (21.6 pts) 62.3%
2015 Phil Wilson (Labour) 18,275 47.2% Scott Wood (Conservative) 6,843 (17.7 pts) 61.8%
2017 Phil Wilson (Labour) 22,202 53.4% Dehenna Davison (Conservative) 6,059 (14.6 pts) 65.2%
2019 Paul Howell (Conservative) 19,609 47.2% Phil Wilson (Labour) 4,513 (10.9 pts) 64.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rowland Burdon Unionist 6,62742.0% Yes
John Herriotts Labour 5,80136.8% No
Charles Walter Starmer Liberal 3,33321.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Herriotts Labour 9,75643.6% Yes
Eli Waddington Unionist 9,06740.5% No
Charles Henry Brown Liberal 3,56115.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Ropner Unionist 11,09350.0% Yes
John Herriotts Labour 11,08750.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Ropner Unionist 13,96852.7% Yes
John Herriotts Labour 12,55247.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Herriotts Labour 15,74947.7% Yes
Leonard Ropner Unionist 13,04339.5% No
William Leeson Liberal 4,23612.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roland Jennings Conservative 21,95658.8% Yes
John Herriots Labour 15,40441.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Robert Leslie Labour 20,37552.3% Yes
Roland Jennings Conservative 18,60447.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Robert Leslie Labour 27,05163.8% Yes
John Erskine Scott Walford Conservative 15,36036.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 27,94662.5% Yes
John Erskine Scott Walford Conservative 16,78237.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 28,21962.3% Yes
Eric Harrison Conservative 17,09537.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 27,22159.7% Yes
Dudley Fitz Mowbray Appleby Conservative 18,36840.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 30,64258.5% Yes
Dudley Fitz Mowbray Appleby Conservative 21,77141.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 32,27360.7% Yes
Cyril Frank Thring Conservative 20,93139.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Slater Labour 34,05864.7% Yes
Cyril Thring Conservative 18,62035.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Reed Labour 36,86760.5% Yes
Arthur Albert Beck Conservative 24,03639.5% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 21,40147.6% Yes
Gavin Horton Conservative 13,12029.2% No
David Shand Social Democratic Party 10,18322.6% No
Maurice Logan-Salton Independent 2980.7% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 25,96556.0% Yes
Nigel Hawkins Conservative 12,90727.8% No
Ralph Andrew Social Democratic Party 7,47716.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 28,45360.5% Yes
Nicholas Jopling Conservative 13,59428.9% No
Gary Huntington Liberal Democrat 4,98210.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 33,52671.2% Yes
Elizabeth Pitman Conservative 8,38317.8% No
Ronald Beadle Liberal Democrat 3,0506.5% No
Miriam Hall Referendum Party 1,6833.6% No
Brian Gibson Socialist Labour 4741.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 26,11064.9% Yes
Douglas Carswell Conservative 8,39720.9% No
Andrew Duffield Liberal Democrat 3,6249.0% No
Andrew Spence UKIP 9742.4% No
Brian Gibson Socialist Labour 5181.3% No
Christopher Driver Rock 'n' Roll Loony 3750.9% No
Helen John Independent 2600.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Blair Labour 24,42158.9% Yes
Al Lockwood Conservative 5,97214.4% No
Robert Browne Liberal Democrat 4,93511.9% No
Reg Keys Independent 4,25210.3% No
William Brown UKIP 6461.6% No
Mark Farrell National Front 2530.6% No
Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews Veritas 2180.5% No
Berony Abraham Independent 2050.5% No
Melodie Staniforth Monster Raving Loony 1570.4% No
Jonathan Cockburn Blair Must Go Party 1030.2% No
Terence Pattinson Senior Citizens Party 970.2% No
Cherri Gilham UK Pensioners Party 820.2% No
Helen John Independent 680.2% No
John Barker Independent 450.1% No
Julian Brennan Independent 170.0% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Phil Wilson Labour 18,14145.1% Yes
Neil Mahapatra Conservative 9,44523.5% No
Alan Thompson Liberal Democrat 8,03320.0% No
Mark Walker BNP 2,0755.2% No
Brian Gregory UKIP 1,4793.7% No
Paul Gittins Independent 1,0492.6% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Phil Wilson Labour 18,27547.2% Yes
Scott Wood Conservative 11,43229.5% No
John Leathley UKIP 6,42616.6% No
Stephen Glenn Liberal Democrat 1,3703.5% No
Greg Robinson Green 1,2133.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Phil Wilson Labour 22,20253.4% Yes
Dehenna Davison Conservative 16,14338.8% No
John Grant UKIP 1,7634.2% No
Stephen Psallidas Liberal Democrat 7971.9% No
Melissa Wilson Green 6861.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Howell Conservative 19,60947.2% Yes
Phil Wilson Labour 15,09636.3% No
David Bull Brexit Party 3,5188.5% No
Dawn Welsh Liberal Democrat 1,9554.7% No
John Furness Green 9942.4% No
Michael Joyce Independent 3940.9% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 5.2 pts 1922: Labour margin 3.1 pts 1923: Unionist margin 0.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 5.3 pts 1929: Labour margin 8.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 17.5 pts 1935: Labour margin 4.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 27.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 25.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 24.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 19.4 pts 1959: Labour margin 16.9 pts 1964: Labour margin 21.3 pts 1966: Labour margin 29.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 21.1 pts 1983: Labour margin 18.4 pts 1987: Labour margin 28.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 31.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 53.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 44.0 pts 2005: Labour margin 44.5 pts 2010: Labour margin 21.6 pts 2015: Labour margin 17.7 pts 2017: Labour margin 14.6 pts 2019: Conservative margin 10.9 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Sedgefield has been contested at 25 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Sedgefield in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Sedgefield in 2019 with 19,609 votes (47.2%), a majority of 4,513 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Sedgefield since 1918?

Since 1918, Sedgefield has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Sedgefield?

The closest result on record for Sedgefield was 1923, when Unionist beat Labour by just 6 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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