UK general elections › 2010 › Coventry North West
Coventry North West — 2010
Geoffrey Robinson (Labour Party) was elected with 19,936 votes— 42.8% of 46,560 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,560
| 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 | Geoffrey Robinson | Labour Party | 19,936 | −7.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gary Ridley | Conservative Party | 13,648 | — | ||
| 3 | Vincent McKee | Liberal Democrats | 8,344 | — | ||
| 4 | Edward Sheppard | British National Party | 1,666 | — | ||
| 5 | Mark Nattrass | UK Independence Party | 1,295 | — | ||
| 6 | John Clarke | Independent | 640 | — | ||
| 7 | Justin Wood | Green Party | 497 | — | ||
| 8 | Nikki Downes | Socialist Alternative | 370 | — | ||
| 9 | William Sidhu | Christian Movement for Great Britain | 164 | — |
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.