UK general elections › 2010 › Alyn and Deeside
Alyn and Deeside — 2010
Mark Tami (Labour Party) was elected with 15,804 votes— 39.6% of 39,923 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 39.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,923
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Tami | Labour Party | 15,804 | 39.6% | −10.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Will Gallagher | Conservative Party | 12,885 | 32.3% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Brighton | Liberal Democrats | 7,308 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Maurice Jones | Plaid Cymru | 1,549 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | John Walker | British National Party | 1,368 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | James Howson | UK Independence Party | 1,009 | 2.5% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.