UK general elections › 2010 › Morley and Outwood
Morley and Outwood — 2010
Ed Balls (Labour Party) was elected with 18,365 votes— 37.6% of 48,856 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. 37.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,856
| 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 | Ed Balls | Labour Party | 18,365 | 37.6% | −12.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Antony Calvert | Conservative Party | 17,264 | 35.3% | — | |
| 3 | James Monaghan | Liberal Democrats | 8,186 | 16.8% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Beverley | British National Party | 3,535 | 7.2% | — | |
| 5 | David Daniel | UK Independence Party | 1,506 | 3.1% | — |
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.