Compass Local Groups have endorsed 41 progressive candidates who support electoral reform and have been working tirelessly over the last few weeks to get them elected. When these candidates become MPs, they will form the core of our caucus in the next parliament who back PR.

Here, we’ll be updating you throughout the night on who has made it over the line, as well as our first reactions to the results. 

Below is our list of endorsed candidates, which we will be filling in as results come in. Scroll down for further updates and commentary from the Compass team. 

Candidate name	Constituency	Party	Result
Lizzi Collinge	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	WIN
Tim Farron	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	WIN
James MacCleary	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Freddie van Mierlo	Henley & Thame	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Sean Woodcock	Banbury	Labour	WIN
Luke Charters	York Outer	Labour	WIN
Tom Gordon	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Arnold Warneken	Wetherby & Easingwold	Green	LOSS
Paul Follows	Godalming & Ash	Liberal Democrat	LOSS
Charlie Maynard	Witney	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Olly Glover	Didcot & Wantage	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Mike Martin	Tunbridge Wells	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Helen Whitehead	Herne Bay & Sandwich	Labour	LOSS
James Naish	Rushcliffe	Labour	WIN
John Milne	Horsham	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Rachel Blake	Cities of London & Westminster	Labour	WIN
Joe Powell	Kensington & Bayswater	Labour	WIN
Julia Ewart	Suffolk Coastal	Liberal Democrat	LOSS
Adrian Ramsay	Waveney Valley	Green	WIN
Jess Asato	Lowestoft	Labour	WIN
Roz Savage	South Cotswolds	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Emma Reynolds	Wycombe	Labour	WIN
Sarah Green	Chesham & Amersham	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Dan Norris	North East Somerset & Hanham	Labour	WIN
Laura Kyrke-Smith	Aylesbury	Labour	WIN
Clive Jones	Wokingham	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Ian Roome	Devon North	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Richard Foord	Honiton & Sidmouth	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Beccy Cooper	Worthing West	Labour	WIN
Sian Berry	Brighton Pavilion	Green	WIN
Perran Moon	Camborne & Redruth	Labour	WIN
Andrew George	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Ben Maguire	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Paul Arnott	Exmouth & East Exeter	Liberal Democrat	LOSS
Tim Roca	Maccesfield	Labour	WIN
Lisa Smart	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Tom Morrison	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Jayne Kirkham	Truro & Falmouth	Labour	WIN
Callum Miller	Bicester & Woodstock	Liberal Democrat	WIN
Ryan Jude	Tatton	Labour	LOSS
Manuela Perteghella	Stratford on Avon	Liberal Democrat	WIN

UPDATED (follow our Twitter for live updates)

05/07/2024 – 5:36am

Seeing Jeremy Hunt cling on in Godalming despite such a narrow margin is an extremely disappointing result for all those who have worked to further the interest of progressive politics in Surrey over the last few years.

The effort to take Jeremy Hunt’s seat was a genuine grassroots campaign born of progressives’ frustration at being blocked by First Past the Post and forged over years by people who weren’t politicians but became them by working together on a shared platform.

After transforming Waverley Borough Council (from 93% Tory representation to 20%) through patient and focussed alliance building, the group were hovering on the cusp of their biggest win so far: deposing the Chancellor and one of the architects of austerity, Jeremy Hunt.

There were just 900 votes between Paul Follows and Jeremy Hunt. The Green Party alone won 1200 votes and Labour 2,700. This is particularly galling considering the local Green Party went through a democratic process to stand aside a candidate but the Green Party HQ imposed a non-local candidate and scuppered their efforts. If local decision making had been respected, we might have prevented Jeremy Hunt from retaining his seat and elected a cross-party, PR champion in Paul Follows. This once again demonstrates the potential of grassroots organising and the importance of allowing local members to work together for the common good.

 

05/07/2024 – 04:00am

Some impressive wins for PR champions – we love to see it! Big up James Naish in Nottingham and our incredible local group in Notts, to Simon Opher, a stalwart of the PR movement, Calum Miller, who’ll be a cracking MP for Bicester and Woodstock. After a Progressive Tragedy in 2019, the Lib Dems have turned Hazel Grove orange, as they have in Cheadle, bringing home two PR champs for Greater Manchester. And now the results start rolling in…

 

05/07/2024 – 03:31am

We’re beginning to see the caucus take shape. We haven’t had any Green wins called yet, and the Reform wins are coming thick and fast. Much to digest, and still much to come!

 

05/07/2024 – 01:47am

Our first candidate, endorsed by Compass York and North Yorkshire, Tom Gordon, has won his seat in Harrogate and Knaresborough. Fantastic to see one of our local group’s champions of PR become an MP! Here’s to many more as the night goes on.

 

04/07/2024 – 11:58pm

It’s also looking like we’re on track for the most disproportional election in history, whilst also seeing more MPs who support PR than any other election. This is a huge opportunity for change.

 

04/07/2024 – 11:41pm

If the exit poll is correct, this election could return a record of nearly 500 progressive MPs – more than ever before and 75% of all representatives in the Commons. This traffic light surge looks set to provide a mandate for real change.

Just as importantly, there are now more MPs than ever who support proportional representation, the radical rewiring of our electoral system that would unlock our democracy. This mandate justifies bold action to get broken Britain working again, as well as making our country fit for the future, tackle the climate crisis head on and restore trust in our democracy.

We also have to take the time to celebrate what Compass and our activists have achieved over the last 43 days, we’ve delivered over 100,000 leaflets, endorsed 41 candidates, had over 170 volunteers and swapped votes for 95+ candidates. Thank you to everyone who has been involved in our campaign.