UK general elections2010 › Kingston upon Hull East

Kingston upon Hull East — 2010

Karl Turner (Labour Party) was elected with 16,387 votes47.9% 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

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
1Karl Turner Labour Party 16,38747.9%−2.1 ptsElected
2Jeremy Wilcock Liberal Democrats 7,79022.8%
3Christine Mackay Conservative Party 5,66716.6%
4Mike Hookem UK Independence Party 2,7458.0%
5Joe Uttley National Front 8802.6%
6Michael Burton English Democrats 7152.1%

Electorate 67,530 · Turnout 50.6% · Majority 8,597 · 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.