UK general elections › 2010 › Gateshead
Gateshead — 2010
Ian Mearns (Labour Party) was elected with 20,712 votes— 54.1% of 38,257 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,257
| 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 Mearns | Labour Party | 20,712 | 54.1% | +4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Frank Hindle | Liberal Democrats | 8,163 | 21.3% | — | |
| 3 | Hazel Anderson | Conservative Party | 5,716 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | Kevin Scott | British National Party | 1,787 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | John Tennant | UK Independence Party | 1,103 | 2.9% | — | |
| 6 | Andy Redfern | Green Party | 379 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Elaine Brunskill | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 266 | 0.7% | — | |
| 8 | David Walton | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 131 | 0.3% | — |
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.