{"id":121,"date":"2024-08-12T22:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:03:32","slug":"illegitimate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/?page_id=121","title":{"rendered":"illegitimate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Because turnout for election was less than 51%. Where turnout is 50% (50.0% – 50.9%), it is deemed to be below a majority. This is based on the counting for motions of confidence, where a majority must involve a whole number (no fraction of 1 can signify a majority).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look out for legislation that passes with a narrow margin. Look out for which MPs are sitting on committees, or proposing legislation. Look out for which Minister is enacting Statutory Instruments. I propose that any parliamentary outcome that depends on these illegitimates is null and void. Please see this page’s parent post<\/a> for a list of illegitimates in ministerial appointments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

portrait of winning candidate<\/td>constituency\/name of winner\/party<\/td>participation\/all potential votes\/actual votes for winner<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Aberafan Maesteg

Stephen Kinnock

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 72,580

votes: 17,838 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Ashton-under-Lyne

Angela Rayner

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.9%

registered voters: 71,002

votes: 15,575<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Barking

Nesil Caliskan

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 46%

registered voters: 79,825

votes: 16,227<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Barnsley North

Dan Jarvis

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 78,267

votes: 18,610<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Barnsley South

Stephanie Peacock

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 46%

registered voters: 75,850

votes: 16,399<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"
<\/td>		Birmingham Erdington

Paulette Hamilton

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 44%

registered voters:77,463

votes: 14,774<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North
Liam Byrne

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 44%

registered voters: 77,737

votes: 10,655<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Ladywood

Shabana Mahmood

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 44%

registered voters: 83,693

votes: 15,558<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Northfield

Laurence Turner

Labour <\/td>		turnout: 50.8%

registered voters: 74,048

votes: 14,929<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Perry Barr

Ayoub Khan

Independent<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 76,350

votes: 13,303<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Selly Oak

Alistair Carns

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.8%

registered voters: 75,678

votes: 17,371<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Birmingham Yardley

Jess Phillips

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 73,203

votes: 11,275<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Blackley and Middleton South

Graham Stringer

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 44%

registered voters: 72,097

votes: 16,864<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Blackpool South

Chris Webb

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 45%

registered voters: 77,459

votes: 16,916<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Nick Smith

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 43%

registered voters: 70,153

votes: 16,027<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Bolton South and Walkden

Yasmin Qureshi

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 46%

registered voters: 79,622

votes: 15,093<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Bradford East

Imran Hussain

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 49.5%

registered voters: 75,167

votes: 14,098<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Bradford South

Judith Cummins

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 71,002

votes: 11,833<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Bradford West

Naz Shah

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 77,897

votes: 11,724<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Brent East

Dawn Butler

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 77,257

votes: 19,370<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Coventry East

Mary Creagh

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 75,801

votes: 18,308<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Chorley

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker of the House of Commons<\/td>		turnout: 45%

registered voters: 74,800

votes: 25,238<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Croydon West

Sarah Jones

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 77,942

votes: 20,612<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Dagenham and Rainham

Margaret Mullane

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.8%

registered voters: 76,478

votes: 16,571<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Doncaster Central

Sally Jameson

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.7%

registered voters: 74,678

votes: 17,515<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Doncaster North

Ed Miliband

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 44%

registered voters: 69,759

votes: 16,231<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Easington

Grahame Morris

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.5%

registered voters: 69,411

votes: 16,774<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>East Ham

Stephen Timms

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 79,086

votes: 19,570<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Feltham and Heston

Seema Malhotra

Labour <\/td>		turnout: 50.5%

registered voters: 76,983

votes: 16,139<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Glasgow North East

Maureen Burke

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 72,610

votes: 15,639<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Gorton and Denton

Andrew Gwynne

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 76,524

votes: 18,555<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Melanie Onn

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 76,157

votes 15,336<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Hartlepool

Jonathan Brash

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.7%

registered voters: 71,437

votes: 16,414<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Heywood and Middleton North

Elsie Blundell

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 49.6%

registered voters: 73,328

votes: 15,069 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Hull East

Karl Turner

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 42%

registered voters: 70,650

votes: 13,047<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Hull North & Cottingham

Diana Johnson

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.8%

registered voters: 75,280

votes: 18,480 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Ilford South

Jas Athwal

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.8%

registered voters: 80,993

votes: 16,537<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Knowsley

Anneliese Midgley

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.2%

registered voters: 72,087

votes: 24,243<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Leeds Central and Headingley

Alex Sobel

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 45%

registered voters: 70,554

votes: 15,853<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Leeds South

Hilary Benn

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 42%

registered voters: 75,953

votes: 17,117<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Leicester West

Liz Kendall

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 74,102

votes: 15,798<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Liverpool Riverside

Kim Johnson

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 45%

registered voters: 71,380

votes: 20,039<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Rachel Hopkins

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.9%

registered voters: 76,970

votes: 13,593<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Manchester Central

Lucy Powell

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 85,049

votes: 20,184<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Manchester Rusholme

Afzal Khan

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 40%

registered voters: 72,604

votes: 15,054<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Gerald Jones

Labour <\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 74,460

votes: 15,791<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Andy McDonald

Labour
<\/td>		turnout: 46%

registered voters: 75,123

votes: 16,238 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Newport East

Jessica Morden

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.1%

registered voters: 76,845

votes: 16,370<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Normanton and Hemsworth

Jon Trickett

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 75,645

votes: 17,275<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Nottingham North and Kimberley

Alex Norris

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 73,768

votes: 16,480<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Yvette Cooper

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 74,618

votes: 17,089<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Queen’s Park and Maida Vale

Georgia Gould

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.7%

registered voters: 75,558

votes: 20,126<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

John Healey

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 69,132

votes: 16,612 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Rhondda and Ogmore

Chris Bryant

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 74,493

votes: 17,118<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Rotherham

Sarah Champion

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 75,929

votes: 16,671<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Salford

Rebecca Long-Bailey

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 83,633

votes: 21,132<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Gill Furniss

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 45%

registered voters: 70,453

votes: 16,301<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Sheffield South East

Clive Betts

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 74,194

votes: 18,710<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Smethwick

Gurinder Josan

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 72,863

votes: 16,858<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Stoke-on-Trent Central

Gareth Snell

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 73,693

votes: 14,950<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Swansea West

Torsten Bell

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 48%

registered voters: 74,236

votes: 14,761<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Tipton and Wednesbury

Antonia Bance

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 43%

registered voters: 74,100

votes: 11,755<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Torfaen

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.9%

registered voters: 71,738

votes: 15,176<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Walsall and Bloxwich

Valerie Vaz

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49.8%

registered voters: 74,951

votes: 12,514<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>West Bromwich

Sarah Coombes

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 49%

registered voters: 74,026

votes: 16,872<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>West Ham and Beckton

James Asser

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 46%

registered voters: 78,790

votes: 16,434<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Wolverhampton North East

Sureena Brackenridge

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 47%

registered voters: 70,715

votes: 14,282<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Wolverhampton South East

Pat McFadden

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 43%

registered voters: 77,473

votes: 16,800<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Wythenshawe and Sale East

Mike Kane

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 50.3%

registered voters: 77,765

votes: 20,596<\/td><\/tr>
by-elections…<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Runcorn and Helsby

Sarah Pochin

Reform UK<\/td>		turnout: 46.2%

registered voters: 70,666

votes: 12,645<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Gorton and Denton

Hannah Spencer

Green<\/td>		turnout: 47.5%

registered voters: 77,501

votes: 14,980<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Lara Bird

SNP<\/td>		turnout: 31.3%

registered voters: 75,985

votes: 9,802<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Aberdeen South

Douglas Lumsden

Conservative<\/td>		turnout: 38.0%

registered voters: 76,033

votes: 14,308<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Clacton

Nigel Farage

Reform UK<\/td>		turnout: 44.01%

registered voters: 79,785

votes: 22,239<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Holborn and St Pancras

Sagal Abdi-Wali

Labour<\/td>		turnout: 38.8%

registered voters: 70,449

votes: 12,292<\/td><\/tr>
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Because turnout for election was less than 51%. Where turnout is 50% (50.0% – 50.9%), it is deemed to be below a majority. This is based on the counting for motions of confidence, where a majority must involve a whole number (no fraction of 1 can signify a majority). Look out for legislation that passes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anti-light.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}