UK general elections › 2010 › Blyth Valley
Blyth Valley — 2010
Ronnie Campbell (Labour Party) was elected with 17,156 votes— 44.5% 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
| 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 | Ronnie Campbell | Labour Party | 17,156 | 44.5% | −5.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jeffrey Reid | Liberal Democrats | 10,488 | 27.2% | — | |
| 3 | Barry Flux | Conservative Party | 6,412 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Steve Fairbairn | British National Party | 1,699 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | James Condon | UK Independence Party | 1,665 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | Barry Elliott | Independent | 819 | 2.1% | — | |
| 7 | Allan White | English Democrats | 327 | 0.8% | — |
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.