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Salford and Eccles — 2010

Hazel Blears (Labour Party) was elected with 16,655 votes40.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Hazel Blears Labour Party 16,655−9.9 ptsElected
2Norman Owen Liberal Democrats 10,930
3Matthew Sephton Conservative Party 8,497
4Tina Wingfield British National Party 2,632
5Duran O'Dwyer UK Independence Party 1,084
6David Henry Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 730
7Steve Morris English Democrats 621
8Richard Carvath Independent 384

Electorate 75,483 · Turnout 55.0% · Majority 5,725 · Back to 2010 overview

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.