UK general elections › 2010 › Sheffield South East
Sheffield South East — 2010
Clive Betts (Labour Party) was elected with 20,169 votes— 48.7% of 41,408 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. 48.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,408
| 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 | Clive Betts | Labour Party | 20,169 | 48.7% | −1.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gail Smith | Liberal Democrats | 9,664 | 23.3% | — | |
| 3 | Nigel Bonson | Conservative Party | 7,202 | 17.4% | — | |
| 4 | Christopher Hartigan | British National Party | 2,345 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | Jonathan Arnott | UK Independence Party | 1,889 | 4.6% | — | |
| 6 | Steve Andrew | Communist Party of Britain | 139 | 0.3% | — |
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.