UK general elections › 2010 › Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland — 2010
Helen Goodman (Labour Party) was elected with 16,023 votes— 39.0% of 41,136 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. 39.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,136
| 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 | Helen Goodman | Labour Party | 16,023 | −11.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Barbara Harrison | Conservative Party | 10,805 | — | ||
| 3 | Mark Wilkes | Liberal Democrats | 9,189 | — | ||
| 4 | Adam Walker | British National Party | 2,036 | — | ||
| 5 | Samuel Zair | Local Liberals People Before Politics Party | 1,964 | — | ||
| 6 | David Brothers | UK Independence Party | 1,119 | — |
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.