UK general elections › 2010 › Bolton West
Bolton West — 2010
Julie Hilling (Labour Party) was elected with 18,327 votes— 38.5% of 47,576 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. 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,576
| 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 | Julie Hilling | Labour Party | 18,327 | 38.5% | −11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Susan Williams | Conservative Party | 18,235 | 38.3% | — | |
| 3 | Jackie Pearcey | Liberal Democrats | 8,177 | 17.2% | — | |
| 4 | Harry Lamb | UK Independence Party | 1,901 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Rachel Mann | Green Party | 545 | 1.1% | — | |
| 6 | J. Jones | Independent | 254 | 0.5% | — | |
| 7 | D. Bagnall | You Party | 137 | 0.3% | — |
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.