UK general elections › 2010 › Carlisle
Carlisle — 2010
John Stevenson (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,589 votes— 39.3% of 42,200 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. 39.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,200
| 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 | John Stevenson | Conservative Party | 16,589 | −10.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Michael Boaden | Labour Party | 15,736 | — | ||
| 3 | Neil Hughes | Liberal Democrats | 6,567 | — | ||
| 4 | Paul Stafford | British National Party | 1,086 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Owen | UK Independence Party | 969 | — | ||
| 6 | John Reardon | Green Party | 614 | — | ||
| 7 | John Metcalfe | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 376 | — | ||
| 8 | Peter Howe | Independent | 263 | — |
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.