UK general elections › 2010 › Luton North
Luton North — 2010
Kelvin Hopkins (Labour Party) was elected with 21,192 votes— 49.3% of 43,018 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,018
| 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 | Kelvin Hopkins | Labour Party | 21,192 | 49.3% | −0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jeremy Brier | Conservative Party | 13,672 | 31.8% | — | |
| 3 | Rabi Martins | Liberal Democrats | 4,784 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Brown | UK Independence Party | 1,564 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Shelley Rose | British National Party | 1,316 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Simon Hall | Green Party | 490 | 1.1% | — |
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.