UK general elections › 2010 › Bristol East
Bristol East — 2010
Kerry McCarthy (Labour Party) was elected with 16,471 votes— 36.6% of 45,017 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. 36.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,017
| 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 | Kerry McCarthy | Labour Party | 16,471 | 36.6% | −13.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Adeela Shafi | Conservative Party | 12,749 | 28.3% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Popham | Liberal Democrats | 10,993 | 24.4% | — | |
| 4 | Brian Jenkins | British National Party | 1,960 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Philip Collins | UK Independence Party | 1,510 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Glenn Vowles | Green Party | 803 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | Scott Wright | English Democrats | 347 | 0.8% | — | |
| 8 | Rae Lynch | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 184 | 0.4% | — |
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.