UK general elections › 2010 › Leeds West
Leeds West — 2010
Rachel Reeves (Labour Party) was elected with 16,389 votes— 42.3% of 38,752 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,752
| 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 | Rachel Reeves | Labour Party | 16,389 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ruth Coleman | Liberal Democrats | 9,373 | 24.2% | — | |
| 3 | Joe Marjoram | Conservative Party | 7,641 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Joanna Beverley | British National Party | 2,377 | 6.1% | — | |
| 5 | David Blackburn | Green Party | 1,832 | 4.7% | — | |
| 6 | Jeff Miles | UK Independence Party | 1,140 | 2.9% | — |
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.