UK general elections › 2010 › Penistone and Stocksbridge
Penistone and Stocksbridge — 2010
Angela Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 17,565 votes— 37.8% of 46,516 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. 37.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,516
| 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 | Angela Smith | Labour Party | 17,565 | 37.8% | −12.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Spencer Pitfield | Conservative Party | 14,516 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Cuthbertson | Liberal Democrats | 9,800 | 21.1% | — | |
| 4 | Paul James | British National Party | 2,207 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | Grant French | UK Independence Party | 1,936 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Paul McEnhill | English Democrats | 492 | 1.1% | — |
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.