UK general elections › 2010 › Newcastle upon Tyne North
Newcastle upon Tyne North — 2010
Catherine McKinnell (Labour Party) was elected with 17,950 votes— 40.8% of 43,946 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. 40.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,946
| 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 | Catherine McKinnell | Labour Party | 17,950 | 40.8% | −9.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ronald Beadle | Liberal Democrats | 14,536 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Parkinson | Conservative Party | 7,966 | 18.1% | — | |
| 4 | Terry Gibson | British National Party | 1,890 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ian Proud | UK Independence Party | 1,285 | 2.9% | — | |
| 6 | Anna Heyman | Green Party | 319 | 0.7% | — |
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.