UK general elections › 2010 › Barrow and Furness
Barrow and Furness — 2010
John Woodcock (Labour Party) was elected with 21,226 votes— 48.1% of 44,124 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,124
| 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 | John Woodcock | Labour Party | 21,226 | −1.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | John Gough | Conservative Party | 16,018 | — | ||
| 3 | Barry Rabone | Liberal Democrats | 4,424 | — | ||
| 4 | John Smith | UK Independence Party | 841 | — | ||
| 5 | Mike Ashburner | British National Party | 840 | — | ||
| 6 | Chris Loynes | Green Party | 530 | — | ||
| 7 | Brian Greaves | Independent | 245 | — |
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.