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

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 16,023−11.0 ptsElected
2Barbara Harrison Conservative Party 10,805—
3Mark Wilkes Liberal Democrats 9,189—
4Adam Walker British National Party 2,036—
5Samuel Zair Local Liberals People Before Politics Party 1,964—
6David Brothers UK Independence Party 1,119—

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.