General Election 2024: Results in full in Cumbria and southern Scotland

Whitehaven and Workington constituency general election count 5 July, 2024. Credit: ITV Border.

Labour has taken the new seat of Whitehaven and Workington, with Reform UK pipping the Conservatives to second place.

Labour has also won Penrith and Solway, with Markus Campbell-Savours winning by a majority of more than 5,000.

In Carlisle, Labour has overturned a majority of more than 8,000 by winning the seat from the Conservatives.

In Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron has retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats.

In the south of Scotland, the Conservatives have retained the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk seat, with John Lamont beating the SNP by more than 6,000 votes.

The result from Dumfries and Galloway is still to be confirmed with votes still being counted.

This election is being fought on new boundaries following a national review in 2023.

New constituency boundaries in our region explained

Here is the seat-by-seat breakdown from across our region:

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

The Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk count in Kelso. 5 July, 2024. Credit: ITV Border.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist, John Lamont - 18,872 (40.5%)

  • Scottish National Party, David James Wilson - 12,273 (26.4%)

  • Scottish Labour Party, Caitlin Stott - 6,311 (13.6%)

  • Scottish Liberal Democrats, Ray Georgeson - 3,686 (7.9%)

  • Reform, Carolyn Grant - 3,340 (7.2%)

  • Scottish Green Party, Neil MacKinnon - 1,526 (3.3%)

  • Independent, Ellie Merton - 329 (0.7%)

  • Scottish Family Party, 221 (0.5%)

John Lamont has retained his seat in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. Credit: ITV Border

General Election 2019 votes/vote share:

  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist, John Lamont - 25,747 (48.4%)

  • Scottish National Party, Calum Kerr - 20,599 (38.8%)

  • Scottish Liberal Democrats, Jenny Marr - 4,287 (4.7%)

  • Scottish Labour Party, Ian Davidson - 2,513 (4.7%)

Turnout: 71.5%

Commenting on his re-election as MP, John Lamont MP said: "Thank you to everyone who voted to re-elect me as your MP for the Scottish Borders.

“It was a bad night for the UK party but my brilliant team helped me to defy expectations and win again here in the Borders. Thank you to all the tremendous volunteers and activists who gave up their time to help me.

“Well done to all the other candidates too. It was a good, clean, hard-fought campaign.

“It has been the honour of my life to represent the Borders and I am delighted that I have the chance to continue delivering for local people.

“After a short break over the next few weeks, my team and I will soon be back and ready to help with any local issues that you may have.”

Carlisle

Carlisle constituency general election count. 5 July, 2024 Credit: ITV Border.

Turnout is down by more than five per cent when compared with the last election.

Turnout was 59.25%, which is down from 65.9% in 2019.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Labour, Julie Minns - 18,129 (39.4%)

  • Conservatives, John Stevenson - 12,929 (28.1%)

  • Reform, Stephen Ward - 9,295 (20.2%)

  • Liberal Democrat, Brian Wernham - 2,982 (6.5%)

  • Green, Gavin Hawkton - 1,922 (4.2%)

  • Independent, Sean Reed - 303 (0.7%)

  • Social Democratic Party, Rachel Hayton - 244 (0.5%)

  • Independent, Thomas Lynestrider - 175 (0.4%)

General Election 2019 votes/vote share:

  • Conservatives, John Stevenson - 23,659 (55.2%)

  • Labour, Ruth Alcroft - 15,340 (35.8%)

  • Liberal Democrat, Julia Aglionby - 2,829 (6.6%)

  • UK Independence Party, Fiona Mills - 1,045 (2.4%)

Speaking to ITV Border, Julie Minns MP said: "I am incredibly humbled by the level of trust that the people of Carlisle and north Cumbria have put in me. I am very excited to get on with the job but I am also delighted to be Carlisle’s first female MP.

“The first thing I want to achieve is that I am visible and engaged right across the constituency.

"I want to make sure that the people who have voted for me and those who didn’t are able to contact me so that I can begin to help them with the many issues that I know that they are facing.”

Former Conservative MP for Carlisle John Stevenson gives his reaction to the result.

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

The counts for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway. Credit: ITV Border.

This constituency did not see a huge change in the national boundary review.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Conservative, David Mundell - 14,999 (33.9%)

  • SNP, Kim Marshall - 10,757 (24.3%)

  • Labour, Daniel Coleman - 10,140 (22.9%)

  • Reform UK, David Kirkwood - 3,822 (8.6%)

  • Liberal Democrats, Drummond Begg - 2,800 (6.3%)

  • Green, Dominic Ashmole - 1,488 (3.4%)

  • Scottish Family Party - 208 (0.5%)

David Mundell has won the seat in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale. Credit: ITV Border
David Mundell has won the seat with 33.9%of the vote.

General Election 2019 votes/vote share:

  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist, David Mundell - 22,611 (46%)

  • Scottish National Party, Amanda Burgauer - 18,830 (38.3%)

  • Scottish Labour Party, Nick Chisholm - 4,172 (8.5%)

  • Scottish Liberal Democrats, John Ferry - 3,540 (7.2%)

Turnout: 71.9%.

Dumfries and Galloway

This was largely unchanged following the national boundary review, much like its nearby constituency.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Conservative, John Cooper - 13,527 (29.6%)

  • SNP, Tracey Little - 12,597 (27.5%)

  • Labour, James Wallace - 11,767 (25.7%)

  • Reform UK, Charles Keal - 4,313 (9.4%)

  • Liberal Democrats, Iain McDonald - 2,092 (4.6%)

  • Green, Laura Moddie - 1,249 (2.7%)

  • Heritage Party, David Griffiths - 230 (0.5%)

John Cooper finished ahead of Tracey Little with 29.6% of the vote.

General Election 2019 votes/vote share:

  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist, Alister Jack - 22,678 (44.1%)

  • Scottish National Party, Richard Arkless - 20,873 (40.6%)

  • Scottish Labour, Ted Thompson - 4,745 (9.2%)

  • Scottish Liberal Democrats, Laurie McNabb - 3,133 (6.1%)

The Dumfries and Galloway constituency results took longer to come in than most in the country.

In a statement Dumfries and Galloway Council said: "The count has taken longer than we had envisaged.

“Our two constituencies cover wide and diverse geographies. The furthest polling station from the count is Drummore, 84 miles from the count centre in Dumfries, from which it takes around two hours to reach by car. Some vans from outlying rural areas took longer to arrive than anticipated and had as many as 40 ballot boxes in them, delaying the count.

“In addition, a large number of postal votes were handed in at polling stations later in the day, which we then had to verify when they reached the count centre.

“Last, because of the fact many colleagues who would ordinarily have helped count the votes were on holiday, we had fewer election staff available than in previous elections.

“Accuracy – not speed – is our paramount concern in all election processes.”

Penrith and Solway

Penrith and Solway constituency count. 5 July, 2024. Credit: ITV Border.

The new seat of Penrith and Solway will take in much of the old Workington & Penrith and the Border constituencies, stretching from Alston to Maryport and Keswick.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Labour, Markus Campbell-Savours - 19,986

  • Conservatives, Mark Jenkinson - 14,729

  • Reform, Matthew Moody - 7,624

  • Liberal Democrats, Julia Aglionby - 4,742

  • Green, Susan Denham Smith - 1,730

  • Independent, Chris Johnston - 195

  • Social Democratic Party, Shaun Long - 156

  • Independent, Roy Ivinson - 119

Turnout was 63.42%, with 49,429 votes cast.

This is down on a turnout of 70.8% in Penrith and The Border and 67.8% in Workington in the last general election.

Speaking to ITV Border, Markus Campbell-Savours said: “It is a big challenge ahead, it is not something I take on lightly.

"I know a lot of people in Cumbria have put a lot of faith in me. It is really important to me that I don’t let them down.

"The Labour manifesto had some bold commitments in there about how we would about how we are going to fix the NHS, how we are going to deal with the immigration backlog, how we are going to deliver gb energy and it is important to me that these policies deliver and I will be there to make sure they do."

General Election 2019 votes/vote share, Penrith and The Border:

  • Conservatives, Neil Hudson - 28,875 (60.4%)

  • Labour, Sarah Williams - 10,356 (21.7%)

  • Liberal Democrat, Matthew Severn - 5,364 (11.2%)

  • Green, Ali Ross - 2,159 - (4.5%)

  • Cumbria First, Jonathan Davies - 1,070 (2.2%)

General Election 2019 votes/vote share, Workington:

  • Conservatives, Mark Jenkinson - 20,488 (49.3%)

  • Labour, Susan Hayman - 16,312 (39.2%)

  • The Brexit Party, David Walker - 1,749 (4.2%)

  • Liberal Democrat, Neil Hughes - 1,525 (3.7%)

  • Independent, Nicky Cockburn - 842 (2%)

  • Green, Jill Perry - 596 (1.4%)

  • Independent, Roy Ivinson - 87 (0.2%)

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency general election count. 5 July, 2024. Credit: ITV Border.

This seat was significantly reshaped in the national boundary review.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

  • Liberal Democrat, Tim Farron - 31,061

  • Conservative, Matty Jackman - 9,589

  • Reform, James Townley - 4,842

  • Labour, Pippa Smith - 2,306

  • Green, Phil Clayton - 1,486

  • Independent, John Studholme - 111

  • Heritage Party, Izzy Solabarrieta - 81

  • Social Democratic Party, Wendy Long - 57

The turnout in this election was 68.93%, with 49,646 verified ballot papers.

This is a fall on the 77.8% turnout in 2019.

General Election 2019 votes/vote share:

  • Liberal Democrat, Timothy Farron - 25,795 (48.9%)

  • Conservative, James Airey - 23,861 (45.3%)

  • Labour, Phillip Black - 2,293 (4.4%)

  • The Brexit Party, Steven Bolton - 763 (1.4%)

Speaking to ITV Border, Tim Farron MP said: "I am kind of blown away really, we obviously hoped to win, you should always assume you are a few votes behind. To win at all is amazing, to win at the amount we did is kind of gobsmacking really.

“I won’t be someone who goes down to London and just turns up occasionally, they will see a lot of me.”

Whitehaven and Workington

The new seat of Whitehaven & Workington combines much of the old Copeland and Workington constituencies.

Here are the results for the 2024 General Election:

Whitehaven and Workington election result.

The turnout was 57.38%, which is more than 10 per cent down on 2019.

General Election 2019 votes/vote share, Workington:

  • Conservatives, Mark Jenkinson - 20,488 (49.3%)

  • Labour, Susan Hayman - 16,312 (39.2%)

  • The Brexit Party, David Walker - 1,749 (4.2%)

  • Liberal Democrat, Neil Hughes - 1,525 (3.7%)

  • Independent, Nicky Cockburn - 842 (2%)

  • Green, Jill Perry - 596 (1.4%)

  • Independent, Roy Ivinson - 87 (0.2%)

Turnout: 67.8%

Speaking to ITV Border, Josh MacAlister, said: “It felt amazing, this is the best part of the world so it is a huge honour to be elected to represent Whitehaven and Workington.

"I am the first member of parliament for the new constituency and it is the end of a really long and draining campaign. In lots of senses mixed emotions but really looking forward to getting to work.”