UK general elections › 2010 › Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed — 2010
Alan Beith (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 16,806 votes— 43.7% of 38,439 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,439
| 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 | Alan Beith | Liberal Democrats | 16,806 | 43.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Conservative Party | 14,116 | 36.7% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Strickland | Labour Party | 5,061 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Weatheritt | UK Independence Party | 1,243 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Mailer | British National Party | 1,213 | 3.2% | — |
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.