UK general elections › 2010 › Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Newcastle upon Tyne Central — 2010
Chinyelu Onwurah (Labour Party) was elected with 15,694 votes— 45.9% of 34,157 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,157
| 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 | Chinyelu Onwurah | Labour Party | 15,694 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Kane | Liberal Democrats | 8,228 | 24.1% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Holder | Conservative Party | 6,611 | 19.4% | — | |
| 4 | Ken Booth | British National Party | 2,302 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Davies | UK Independence Party | 754 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | John Pearson | Green Party | 568 | 1.7% | — |
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.