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Bishop Auckland — 2010

Helen Goodman (Labour Party) was elected with 16,023 votes39.0% 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

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
1Helen Goodman Labour Party 16,02339.0%−11.0 ptsElected
2Barbara Harrison Conservative Party 10,80526.3%
3Mark Wilkes Liberal Democrats 9,18922.3%
4Adam Walker British National Party 2,0364.9%
5Samuel Zair Local Liberals People Before Politics Party 1,9644.8%
6David Brothers UK Independence Party 1,1192.7%

Electorate 68,368 · Turnout 60.2% · Majority 5,218 · 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.