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

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
1Ian Mearns Labour Party 20,712+4.1 ptsElected
2Frank Hindle Liberal Democrats 8,163—
3Hazel Anderson Conservative Party 5,716—
4Kevin Scott British National Party 1,787—
5John Tennant UK Independence Party 1,103—
6Andy Redfern Green Party 379—
7Elaine Brunskill Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 266—
8David Walton Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 131—

Electorate 66,492 · Turnout 57.5% · Majority 12,549 · 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.