UK general elections2010 › Birkenhead

Birkenhead — 2010

Frank Field (Labour Party) was elected with 22,082 votes62.5% 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

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
1Frank Field Labour Party 22,08262.5%+12.5 ptsElected
2Andrew Gilbert Conservative Party 6,68718.9%
3Stuart Kelly Liberal Democrats 6,55418.6%

Electorate 62,773 · Turnout 56.3% · Majority 15,395 · 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.