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Blyth Valley — 2010

Ronnie Campbell (Labour Party) was elected with 17,156 votes44.5% of 38,566 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. 44.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,566

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
1Ronnie Campbell Labour Party 17,156−5.5 ptsElected
2Jeffrey Reid Liberal Democrats 10,488
3Barry Flux Conservative Party 6,412
4Steve Fairbairn British National Party 1,699
5James Condon UK Independence Party 1,665
6Barry Elliott Independent 819
7Allan White English Democrats 327

Electorate 62,900 · Turnout 61.3% · Majority 6,668 · 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.