UK general elections › 2010 › Salford and Eccles
Salford and Eccles — 2010
Hazel Blears (Labour Party) was elected with 16,655 votes— 40.1% of 41,533 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. 40.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,533
| 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 | Hazel Blears | Labour Party | 16,655 | 40.1% | −9.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Norman Owen | Liberal Democrats | 10,930 | 26.3% | — | |
| 3 | Matthew Sephton | Conservative Party | 8,497 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | Tina Wingfield | British National Party | 2,632 | 6.3% | — | |
| 5 | Duran O'Dwyer | UK Independence Party | 1,084 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | David Henry | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 730 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | Steve Morris | English Democrats | 621 | 1.5% | — | |
| 8 | Richard Carvath | Independent | 384 | 0.9% | — |
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.