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Berwick-upon-Tweed — 2010

Alan Beith (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 16,806 votes43.7% 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

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
1Alan Beith Liberal Democrats 16,80643.7%−6.3 ptsElected
2Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative Party 14,11636.7%
3Alan Strickland Labour Party 5,06113.2%
4Michael Weatheritt UK Independence Party 1,2433.2%
5Peter Mailer British National Party 1,2133.2%

Electorate 56,578 · Turnout 67.9% · Majority 2,690 · 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.