UK general elections › 2010 › Rotherham
Rotherham — 2010
Denis Macshane (Labour Party) was elected with 16,741 votes— 44.6% of 37,506 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. 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,506
| 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 | Denis Macshane | Labour Party | 16,741 | 44.6% | −5.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jackie Whiteley | Conservative Party | 6,279 | 16.7% | — | |
| 3 | Rebecca Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 5,994 | 16.0% | — | |
| 4 | Marlene Guest | British National Party | 3,906 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Thirlwall | Independent | 2,366 | 6.3% | — | |
| 6 | Cavan Vines | UK Independence Party | 2,220 | 5.9% | — |
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.