UK general elections › 2010 › Bolton North East
Bolton North East — 2010
David Crausby (Labour Party) was elected with 19,870 votes— 45.9% of 43,277 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,277
| 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 | David Crausby | Labour Party | 19,870 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Deborah Dunleavy | Conservative Party | 15,786 | 36.5% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Ankers | Liberal Democrats | 5,624 | 13.0% | — | |
| 4 | Duncan Johnson | UK Independence Party | 1,815 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Norma Armston | You Party | 182 | 0.4% | — |
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.