UK general elections › 2010 › Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe — 2010
Nick Dakin (Labour Party) was elected with 14,640 votes— 39.5% of 37,034 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. 39.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,034
| 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 | Nick Dakin | Labour Party | 14,640 | 39.5% | −10.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Caroline Johnson | Conservative Party | 12,091 | 32.6% | — | |
| 3 | Neil Poole | Liberal Democrats | 6,774 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Janet Collins | UK Independence Party | 1,686 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Douglas Ward | British National Party | 1,447 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Natalie Hurst | Green Party | 396 | 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.