UK general elections › 2010 › Coventry North East
Coventry North East — 2010
Bob Ainsworth (Labour Party) was elected with 21,384 votes— 49.3% of 43,383 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,383
| 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 | Bob Ainsworth | Labour Party | 21,384 | −0.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Hazel Noonan | Conservative Party | 9,609 | — | ||
| 3 | Rob Field | Liberal Democrats | 7,210 | — | ||
| 4 | Tom Gower | British National Party | 1,863 | — | ||
| 5 | Dave Nellist | Socialist Alternative | 1,592 | — | ||
| 6 | Chris Forbes | UK Independence Party | 1,291 | — | ||
| 7 | Ron Lebar | Christian Movement for Great Britain | 434 | — |
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.