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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
East Midlands
76,478 electors
Active Seat

Newark

Current MP
Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
70.9%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Robert Jenrick Hold
Majority 3,572
Turnout 67.0% ↓5.2pp
Total Votes 53,459
Winner Swing ↓24.1pp
✓ Robert Jenrick
Conservative
20,968 39.2%
↓23.9pp
Saj Ahmad
Labour
17,396 32.5%
↑8.6pp
Robert Palmer
Reform UK
8,280 15.5%
↑15.1pp
David Watts
Liberal Democrats
3,026 5.7%
↓3.9pp
Michael Ackroyd
Green Party
2,345 4.4%
↑1.3pp
Adrian Amer
—
809 1.5%
—
Lyn Galbraith
—
329 0.6%
—
Matthew Darrington
—
156 0.3%
—
Collan Siddique
Workers Party of Britain
150 0.3%
—
Conservative Robert Jenrick Hold
Majority 21,816
Turnout 72.2% ↓0.7pp
Total Votes 54,762
Winner Swing ↑0.6pp
✓ Robert Jenrick
Conservative
34,660 63.3%
↑0.6pp
James Baggaley
Labour
12,844 23.5%
↓6.2pp
David Watts
Liberal Democrats
5,308 9.7%
↑4.6pp
Jay Henderson
Green Party
1,950 3.6%
—
Conservative Robert Jenrick Hold
Majority 18,149
Turnout 72.9% ↑2.0pp
Total Votes 55,042
Winner Swing ↑5.6pp
✓ Robert Jenrick
Conservative
34,493 62.7%
↑5.6pp
Chantal Lee
Labour
16,344 29.7%
↑8.0pp
David Watts
Liberal Democrats
2,786 5.1%
↑0.5pp
Xandra Arundel
—
1,419 2.6%
↓9.5pp
Conservative Robert Jenrick Hold
Majority 18,474
Turnout 70.9% ↓0.5pp
Total Votes 52,302
Winner Swing ↑3.2pp
✓ Robert Jenrick
Conservative
29,834 57.0%
↑3.2pp
Michael Payne
Labour
11,360 21.7%
↓0.6pp
Brian Mapletoft
—
6,294 12.0%
↑8.2pp
David Dobbie
Liberal Democrats
2,385 4.6%
↓15.4pp
Elayne Forster
Green Party
1,792 3.4%
—
Helen Tyrer
—
637 1.2%
—
Conservative Patrick Mercer Hold
Majority 16,152
Turnout 71.4%
Total Votes 51,228
✓ Patrick Mercer
Conservative
27,590 53.9%
↑3.4pp
Ian Campbell
Labour
11,438 22.3%
↓6.0pp
Pauline Jenkins
Liberal Democrats
10,246 20.0%
↑1.6pp
Tom Irvine
—
1,954 3.8%
↑1.0pp

Turnout Trend

71.4%
'10
70.9%
'15
72.9%
'17
72.2%
'19
67.0%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
24.3% ▲5.0pp
50 to 64
21.6%
0 to 17
19.3%
35 to 49
18.0%
25 to 34
10.6%
18 to 24
6.3%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.6%
Asian or Asian British
1.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other
0.5%
📊 Age
65 and over
24.3%
45 to 64
21.6%
Under 18
19.3%
30 to 44
18.0%
18 to 29
16.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
53.1%
No religion
39.6%
Not answered
5.6%
Muslim
0.6%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.2%
Under 18
20.3%
65 and over
19.3%
30 to 44
19.0%
18 to 29
12.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
66.8%
No religion
24.4%
Religion not stated
7.2%
Muslim
0.6%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Patrick Mercer Independent 2001-06-07 2014-04-29
Ms Fiona Jones Labour 1997-05-01 2001-06-07
Richard Alexander Conservative 1979-05-03 1997-05-01