UK general elections › 2010 › Sedgefield
Sedgefield — 2010
Phil Wilson (Labour Party) was elected with 18,141 votes— 45.1% of 40,222 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,222
| 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 | Phil Wilson | Labour Party | 18,141 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Neil Mahapatra | Conservative Party | 9,445 | 23.5% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 8,033 | 20.0% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Walker | British National Party | 2,075 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Brian Gregory | UK Independence Party | 1,479 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Gittins | Independent | 1,049 | 2.6% | — |
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.