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2024 United Kingdom general election in Boston and Skegness
Boston and Skegness constituency
MP before election; Matt Warman; Conservative	Elected MP ; Richard Tice; Reform UK

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An election took place in the Lincolnshire constituency of Boston and Skegness on 4 July 2024, as part of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Richard Tice, the former leader of Reform UK, won the election with 38.4% of the vote defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Matt Warman and successfully entered Parliament on a remarkable swing of 43.4% of the constituency vote.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).^[1] }} |- class="vcard" | style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;" | | class="org" style="width:130px" | Conservative | class="fn" | Matt Warman | style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em" | 31,963 | style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em" | 76.7 | style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em" | +13.1 |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 25,621 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 61.4 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | +22.9 |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 41,696 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 60.1 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | −2.6 |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC" | | colspan="2" | Conservative hold ! style="text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | +11.4 || |-

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^ Drury, Phil (14 November 2019). "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Boston Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[1] Drury, Phil (14 November 2019). "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Boston Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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 An election took place in the [[Lincolnshire]] [[constituency]] of [[Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)|Boston and Skegness]] on 4 July 2024, as part of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]]. [[Richard Tice]], the former leader of [[Reform UK]], won the election with 38.4% of the vote defeating the incumbent Conservative MP [[Matt Warman]] and successfully entered Parliament on a remarkable swing of 43.4% of the constituency vote.<ref>
+==Full Result==
+{{Election box begin |title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Boston and Skegness<ref name=bbcconstituency>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000582 |title=Boston & Skegness parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113105544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000582 |url-status=live |archive-date=13 January 2020 |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mybostonuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf |title=Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations |last=Drury |first=Phil |date=14 November 2019 |publisher=[[Boston Borough Council]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130125731/https://www.mybostonuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=30 January 2020 |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link
+|party = Conservative Party (UK)
+|candidate = [[Matt Warman]]
+|votes = 31,963
+|percentage = 76.7
+|change = +13.1
+}}
+{{Election box candidate with party link
+|party = Labour Party (UK)
+|candidate = Ben Cook
+|votes = 6,342
+|percentage = 15.2
+|change = −9.8
+}}
+{{Election box candidate with party link
+|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
+|candidate = Hilary Jones
+|votes = 1,963
+|percentage = 4.7
+|change = +2.9
+}}
+{{Election box candidate with party link
+|party = Independent (politician)
+|candidate = Peter Watson
+|votes = 1,428
+|percentage = 3.4
+|change = ''New''
+}}
+{{Election box majority
+  |votes      = 25,621
+  |percentage = 61.4 <!-- This is the correct rounding when exact values are used -->
+  |change     = +22.9
+}}
+{{Election box turnout
+  |votes      = 41,696
+  |percentage = 60.1
+  |change     = −2.6
+}}
+{{Election box hold with party link|
+  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
+  |swing      = +11.4
+}}
+{{Election box end}}
 [[Category:Constituency contests in United Kingdom general elections]]