UK general elections › 2010 › Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Blackpool North and Cleveleys — 2010
Paul Maynard (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,964 votes— 41.8% of 40,591 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,591
| 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 | Paul Maynard | Conservative Party | 16,964 | 41.8% | −8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Penny Martin | Labour Party | 14,814 | 36.5% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Greene | Liberal Democrats | 5,400 | 13.3% | — | |
| 4 | Roy Hopwood | UK Independence Party | 1,659 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | James Clayton | British National Party | 1,556 | 3.8% | — | |
| 6 | Tony Davies | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 198 | 0.5% | — |
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.