UK general elections2010 › Barking

Barking — 2010

Margaret Hodge (Labour Party) was elected with 24,628 votes54.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Margaret Hodge Labour Party 24,628+4.3 ptsElected
2Simon Marcus Conservative Party 8,073
3Nick Griffin British National Party 6,620
4Dominic Carman Liberal Democrats 3,719
5Frank Maloney UK Independence Party 1,300
6George Hargreaves Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 482
7Jayne Forbes Green Party 317
8Crucial Chris Dowling Official Monster Raving Loony Party 82
9Thomas Darwood Independent 77
10Dapo Sijuwola Restoration Party 45

Electorate 73,868 · Turnout 61.4% · Majority 16,555 · Back to 2010 overview

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.