UK general elections › 2010 › Barking
Barking — 2010
Margaret Hodge (Labour Party) was elected with 24,628 votes— 54.3% of 45,343 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,343
| 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 | Margaret Hodge | Labour Party | 24,628 | +4.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Simon Marcus | Conservative Party | 8,073 | — | ||
| 3 | Nick Griffin | British National Party | 6,620 | — | ||
| 4 | Dominic Carman | Liberal Democrats | 3,719 | — | ||
| 5 | Frank Maloney | UK Independence Party | 1,300 | — | ||
| 6 | George Hargreaves | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 482 | — | ||
| 7 | Jayne Forbes | Green Party | 317 | — | ||
| 8 | Crucial Chris Dowling | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 82 | — | ||
| 9 | Thomas Darwood | Independent | 77 | — | ||
| 10 | Dapo Sijuwola | Restoration Party | 45 | — |
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.