UK general elections › 2010 › Bradford West
Bradford West — 2010
Marsha Singh (Labour Party) was elected with 18,401 votes— 45.3% of 40,576 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. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,576
| 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 | Marsha Singh | Labour Party | 18,401 | 45.3% | −4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Zahid Iqbal | Conservative Party | 12,638 | 31.1% | — | |
| 3 | David Hall-Matthews | Liberal Democrats | 4,732 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Jenny Sampson | British National Party | 1,370 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Arshad Ali | Respect Party | 1,245 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | David Ford | Green Party | 940 | 2.3% | — | |
| 7 | Jason Smith | UK Independence Party | 812 | 2.0% | — | |
| 8 | Neil Craig | Democratic Nationalists | 438 | 1.1% | — |
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.