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Sefton Central — 2010
Bill Esterson (Labour Party) was elected with 20,307 votes— 41.9% of 48,463 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. 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,463
| 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 | Bill Esterson | Labour Party | 20,307 | 41.9% | −8.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Deborah Jones | Conservative Party | 16,445 | 33.9% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Clein | Liberal Democrats | 9,656 | 19.9% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Harper | UK Independence Party | 2,055 | 4.2% | — |
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.