UK general elections › 2010 › Huddersfield
Huddersfield — 2010
Barry Sheerman (Labour Party) was elected with 15,725 votes— 38.8% 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
| 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 | Barry Sheerman | Labour Party | 15,725 | −11.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Karen Tweed | Conservative Party | 11,253 | — | ||
| 3 | James Blanchard | Liberal Democrats | 10,023 | — | ||
| 4 | Andrew Cooper | Green Party | 1,641 | — | ||
| 5 | Rachel Firth | British National Party | 1,563 | — | ||
| 6 | Paul Cooney | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 319 | — |
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.