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Brent Central — 2010
Sarah Teather (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 20,026 votes— 44.2% of 45,323 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. 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,323
| 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 | Sarah Teather | Liberal Democrats | 20,026 | −5.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Dawn Butler | Labour Party | 18,681 | — | ||
| 3 | Sachin Rajput | Conservative Party | 5,067 | — | ||
| 4 | Shahrar Ali | Green Party | 668 | — | ||
| 5 | Errol Williams | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 488 | — | ||
| 6 | Abdi Duale | Respect Party | 230 | — | ||
| 7 | Dean McCastree | Independent | 163 | — |
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.