UK general elections › 2010 › Blackburn
Blackburn — 2010
Jack Straw (Labour Party) was elected with 21,751 votes— 47.8% of 45,499 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. 47.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,499
| 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 | Jack Straw | Labour Party | 21,751 | −2.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Michael Law-Riding | Conservative Party | 11,895 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul English | Liberal Democrats | 6,918 | — | ||
| 4 | Robin Evans | British National Party | 2,158 | — | ||
| 5 | Bushra Irfanullah | Bushra Irfan of Blackburn | 1,424 | — | ||
| 6 | Bobby Anwar | UK Independence Party | 942 | — | ||
| 7 | Grace Astley | Independent | 238 | — | ||
| 8 | Janis Sharp | Independent | 173 | — |
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.