UK general elections › 2010 › Burnley
Burnley — 2010
Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 14,932 votes— 35.7% of 41,845 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. 35.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,845
| 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 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | 14,932 | −14.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Julie Cooper | Labour Party | 13,114 | — | ||
| 3 | Richard Ali | Conservative Party | 6,950 | — | ||
| 4 | Sharon Wilkinson | British National Party | 3,747 | — | ||
| 5 | Andrew Brown | Independent | 1,876 | — | ||
| 6 | Richard Wignall | UK Independence Party | 929 | — | ||
| 7 | Andrew Hennessey | Independent | 297 | — |
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.