UK general elections › 2010 › North West Durham
North West Durham — 2010
Pat Glass (Labour Party) was elected with 18,539 votes— 42.3% of 43,815 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,815
| 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 | Pat Glass | Labour Party | 18,539 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Owen Temple | Liberal Democrats | 10,927 | 24.9% | — | |
| 3 | Michelle Tempest | Conservative Party | 8,766 | 20.0% | — | |
| 4 | Watts Stelling | Independent | 2,472 | 5.6% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Stewart | British National Party | 1,852 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew McDonald | UK Independence Party | 1,259 | 2.9% | — |
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.