UK general elections › 2010 › Sheffield Central
Sheffield Central — 2010
Paul Blomfield (Labour Party) was elected with 17,138 votes— 41.3% of 41,468 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,468
| 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 | Paul Blomfield | Labour Party | 17,138 | 41.3% | −8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Scriven | Liberal Democrats | 16,973 | 40.9% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Lee | Conservative Party | 4,206 | 10.1% | — | |
| 4 | Jillian Creasy | Green Party | 1,556 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Tracey Smith | British National Party | 903 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Jeffrey Shaw | UK Independence Party | 652 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Rod Rodgers | Independent | 40 | 0.1% | — |
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.