UK general elections2010 › Huddersfield

Huddersfield — 2010

Barry Sheerman (Labour Party) was elected with 15,725 votes38.8% of 40,524 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. 38.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,524

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
1Barry Sheerman Labour Party 15,72538.8%−11.2 ptsElected
2Karen Tweed Conservative Party 11,25327.8%
3James Blanchard Liberal Democrats 10,02324.7%
4Andrew Cooper Green Party 1,6414.0%
5Rachel Firth British National Party 1,5633.9%
6Paul Cooney Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3190.8%

Electorate 66,318 · Turnout 61.1% · Majority 4,472 · 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.