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Leeds North East — 2010

Fabian Hamilton (Labour Party) was elected with 20,287 votes— 42.7% 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 20,287−7.3 ptsElected
2Matthew Lobley Conservative Party 15,742—
3Aqila Choudhry Liberal Democrats 9,310—
4Warren Hendon UK Independence Party 842—
5Tom Redmond British National Party 758—
6Celia Foote Alliance for Green Socialism 596—

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.