UK general elections › 2010 › Kingston upon Hull East
Kingston upon Hull East — 2010
Karl Turner (Labour Party) was elected with 16,387 votes— 47.9% of 34,184 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,184
| 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 | Karl Turner | Labour Party | 16,387 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jeremy Wilcock | Liberal Democrats | 7,790 | 22.8% | — | |
| 3 | Christine Mackay | Conservative Party | 5,667 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Mike Hookem | UK Independence Party | 2,745 | 8.0% | — | |
| 5 | Joe Uttley | National Front | 880 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Burton | English Democrats | 715 | 2.1% | — |
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.