UK general elections › 2010 › Leigh
Leigh — 2010
Andy Burnham (Labour Party) was elected with 21,295 votes— 48.0% of 44,332 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,332
| 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 | Andy Burnham | Labour Party | 21,295 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Shazia Awan | Conservative Party | 9,284 | 20.9% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Blackburn | Liberal Democrats | 8,049 | 18.2% | — | |
| 4 | Gary Chadwick | British National Party | 2,724 | 6.1% | — | |
| 5 | Mary Lavelle | UK Independence Party | 1,535 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Norman Bradbury | Independent | 988 | 2.2% | — | |
| 7 | Terrence Dainty | Independent | 320 | 0.7% | — | |
| 8 | Ryan Hessell | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 137 | 0.3% | — |
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.