UK general elections › 2010 › Copeland
Copeland — 2010
Jamie Reed (Labour Party) was elected with 19,699 votes— 46.0% of 42,787 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. 46.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,787
| 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 | Jamie Reed | Labour Party | 19,699 | 46.0% | −4.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Whiteside | Conservative Party | 15,866 | 37.1% | — | |
| 3 | Frank Hollowell | Liberal Democrats | 4,365 | 10.2% | — | |
| 4 | Clive Jefferson | British National Party | 1,474 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Ted Caley-Knowles | UK Independence Party | 994 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Jill Perry | Green Party | 389 | 0.9% | — |
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.