UK general elections › 2010 › Foyle
Foyle — 2010
Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party) was elected with 16,922 votes— 44.7% of 37,889 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. 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,889
| 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 | Mark Durkan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 16,922 | −5.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Martina Anderson | Sinn Féin | 12,098 | — | ||
| 3 | Maurice Devenney | Democratic Unionist Party | 4,489 | — | ||
| 4 | Eamonn McCann | People Before Profit Alliance | 2,936 | — | ||
| 5 | David Harding | Independent | 1,221 | — | ||
| 6 | Keith McGrellis | Alliance | 223 | — |
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.