UK general elections › 2010 › Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham East and Saddleworth — 2010
Phil Woolas (Labour Party) was elected with 14,186 votes— 31.9% of 44,520 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. 31.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −18.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,520
| 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 | Phil Woolas | Labour Party | 14,186 | −18.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Elwyn Watkins | Liberal Democrats | 14,083 | — | ||
| 3 | Kashif Ali | Conservative Party | 11,773 | — | ||
| 4 | Alwyn Stott | British National Party | 2,546 | — | ||
| 5 | David Bentley | UK Independence Party | 1,720 | — | ||
| 6 | Gulzar Nazir | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 212 | — |
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.