UK general elections › 2010 › Newcastle upon Tyne East
Newcastle upon Tyne East — 2010
Nicholas Brown (Labour Party) was elected with 17,043 votes— 45.0% of 37,840 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. 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,840
| 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 | Nicholas Brown | Labour Party | 17,043 | 45.0% | −5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Wendy Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 12,590 | 33.3% | — | |
| 3 | Dominic Llewellyn | Conservative Party | 6,068 | 16.0% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Spence | British National Party | 1,342 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Gray | Green Party | 620 | 1.6% | — | |
| 6 | Martin Levy | Communist Party of Britain | 177 | 0.5% | — |
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.