UK general elections › 2010 › Erith and Thamesmead
Erith and Thamesmead — 2010
Teresa Pearce (Labour Party) was elected with 19,068 votes— 44.9% of 42,476 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. 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,476
| 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 | Teresa Pearce | Labour Party | 19,068 | −5.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Colin Bloom | Conservative Party | 13,365 | — | ||
| 3 | Alexander Cunliffe | Liberal Democrats | 5,116 | — | ||
| 4 | Kevin Saunders | British National Party | 2,184 | — | ||
| 5 | Pamela Perrin | UK Independence Party | 1,139 | — | ||
| 6 | Laurence Williams | English Democrats | 465 | — | ||
| 7 | Abbey Akinoshun | Independent | 438 | — | ||
| 8 | Sid Cordle | Christian Peoples Alliance | 379 | — | ||
| 9 | Marek Powley | Green Party | 322 | — |
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.