UK general elections › 2010 › Birkenhead
Birkenhead — 2010
Frank Field (Labour Party) was elected with 22,082 votes— 62.5% of 35,323 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,323
| 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 | Frank Field | Labour Party | 22,082 | 62.5% | +12.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Gilbert | Conservative Party | 6,687 | 18.9% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 6,554 | 18.6% | — |
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.