UK general elections › 2010 › Dudley North
Dudley North — 2010
Ian Austin (Labour Party) was elected with 14,923 votes— 38.7% of 38,602 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. 38.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,602
| 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 | Ian Austin | Labour Party | 14,923 | −11.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Graeme Brown | Conservative Party | 14,274 | — | ||
| 3 | Mike Beckett | Liberal Democrats | 4,066 | — | ||
| 4 | Malcolm Davis | UK Independence Party | 3,267 | — | ||
| 5 | Ken Griffiths | British National Party | 1,899 | — | ||
| 6 | Kevin Inman | National Front | 173 | — |
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.