UK general elections › 2010 › Bradford South
Bradford South — 2010
Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour Party) was elected with 15,682 votes— 41.3% of 37,995 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,995
| 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 | Gerry Sutcliffe | Labour Party | 15,682 | −8.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Matt Palmer | Conservative Party | 11,060 | — | ||
| 3 | Alun Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 6,948 | — | ||
| 4 | Sharon Sutton | British National Party | 2,651 | — | ||
| 5 | Jamie Illingworth | UK Independence Party | 1,339 | — | ||
| 6 | James Lewthwaite | Democratic Nationalists | 315 | — |
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.