UK general elections › 2010 › Rochdale
Rochdale — 2010
Simon Danczuk (Labour Party) was elected with 16,699 votes— 36.4% of 45,907 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. 36.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,907
| 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 | Simon Danczuk | Labour Party | 16,699 | −13.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Rowen | Liberal Democrats | 15,810 | — | ||
| 3 | Mudasir Dean | Conservative Party | 8,305 | — | ||
| 4 | Chris Jackson | National Front | 2,236 | — | ||
| 5 | Colin Denby | UK Independence Party | 1,999 | — | ||
| 6 | Mohammed Salim | Islam Zinda Baad Platform | 545 | — | ||
| 7 | John Whitehead | Independent | 313 | — |
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.