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Bootle — 2010
Joe Benton (Labour Party) was elected with 27,426 votes— 66.4% of 41,277 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 66.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +16.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,277
| 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 | Joe Benton | Labour Party | 27,426 | +16.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | James Murray | Liberal Democrats | 6,245 | — | ||
| 3 | Sohail Qureshi | Conservative Party | 3,678 | — | ||
| 4 | Paul Nuttall | UK Independence Party | 2,514 | — | ||
| 5 | Charles Stewart | British National Party | 942 | — | ||
| 6 | Pete Glover | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 472 | — |
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.