UK general elections › 2010 › Makerfield
Makerfield — 2010
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour Party) was elected with 20,700 votes— 47.3% of 43,771 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. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,771
| 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 | Yvonne Fovargue | Labour Party | 20,700 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Itrat Ali | Conservative Party | 8,210 | 18.8% | — | |
| 3 | David Crowther | Liberal Democrats | 7,082 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Brierley | Independent | 3,424 | 7.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ken Haslam | British National Party | 3,229 | 7.4% | — | |
| 6 | John Mather | Independent | 1,126 | 2.6% | — |
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.