UK general elections › 2010 › North Durham
North Durham — 2010
Kevan Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 20,698 votes— 50.5% of 40,967 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,967
| 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 | Kevan Jones | Labour Party | 20,698 | 50.5% | +0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Skelton | Conservative Party | 8,622 | 21.0% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Lindley | Liberal Democrats | 8,617 | 21.0% | — | |
| 4 | Pete Molloy | British National Party | 1,686 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | Bruce Reid | UK Independence Party | 1,344 | 3.3% | — |
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.