UK general elections2010 › Leeds North East

Leeds North East — 2010

Fabian Hamilton (Labour Party) was elected with 20,287 votes42.7% of 47,535 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,535

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
1Fabian Hamilton Labour Party 20,28742.7%−7.3 ptsElected
2Matthew Lobley Conservative Party 15,74233.1%
3Aqila Choudhry Liberal Democrats 9,31019.6%
4Warren Hendon UK Independence Party 8421.8%
5Tom Redmond British National Party 7581.6%
6Celia Foote Alliance for Green Socialism 5961.3%

Electorate 67,899 · Turnout 70.0% · Majority 4,545 · 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.