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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Geoffrey Robinson Labour Party 19,936−7.2 ptsElected
2Gary Ridley Conservative Party 13,648—
3Vincent McKee Liberal Democrats 8,344—
4Edward Sheppard British National Party 1,666—
5Mark Nattrass UK Independence Party 1,295—
6John Clarke Independent 640—
7Justin Wood Green Party 497—
8Nikki Downes Socialist Alternative 370—
9William Sidhu Christian Movement for Great Britain 164—

Electorate 72,871 · Turnout 63.9% · Majority 6,288 · Back to 2010 overview

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.