UK general elections › 2010 › Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland — 2010
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour Party) was elected with 18,138 votes— 39.2% of 46,214 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. 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,214
| 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 | Tom Blenkinsop | Labour Party | 18,138 | 39.2% | −10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Bristow | Conservative Party | 16,461 | 35.6% | — | |
| 3 | Nicholas Emmerson | Liberal Democrats | 7,340 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Stuart Lightwing | UK Independence Party | 1,881 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | Shaun Gatley | British National Party | 1,576 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Allen | Independent | 818 | 1.8% | — |
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.