UK general elections › 2010 › Houghton and Sunderland South
Houghton and Sunderland South — 2010
Bridget Phillipson (Labour Party) was elected with 19,137 votes— 50.3% of 38,021 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,021
| 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 | Bridget Phillipson | Labour Party | 19,137 | 50.3% | +0.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Conservative Party | 8,147 | 21.4% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Boyle | Liberal Democrats | 5,292 | 13.9% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Wakefield | Independent | 2,462 | 6.5% | — | |
| 5 | Karen Allen | British National Party | 1,961 | 5.2% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Elvin | UK Independence Party | 1,022 | 2.7% | — |
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.