UK general elections › 2010 › Barnsley Central
Barnsley Central — 2010
Eric Illsley (Labour Party) was elected with 17,487 votes— 47.3% of 37,001 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. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,001
| 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 | Eric Illsley | Labour Party | 17,487 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher Wiggin | Liberal Democrats | 6,394 | 17.3% | — | |
| 3 | Piers Tempest | Conservative Party | 6,388 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Sutton | British National Party | 3,307 | 8.9% | — | |
| 5 | David Silver | UK Independence Party | 1,727 | 4.7% | — | |
| 6 | Donald Wood | Independent | 732 | 2.0% | — | |
| 7 | Tony Devoy | Independent | 610 | 1.6% | — | |
| 8 | Terry Robinson | Socialist Labour Party | 356 | 1.0% | — |
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.