UK general elections › 2010 › South Shields
South Shields — 2010
David Miliband (Labour Party) was elected with 18,995 votes— 52.0% of 36,518 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,518
| 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 | David Miliband | Labour Party | 18,995 | +2.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Karen Allen | Conservative Party | 7,886 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Psallidas | Liberal Democrats | 5,189 | — | ||
| 4 | Donna Watson | British National Party | 2,382 | — | ||
| 5 | Shirley Ford | Green Party | 762 | — | ||
| 6 | Siamak Kaikavoosi | Independent | 729 | — | ||
| 7 | Victor Thompson | Independent | 316 | — | ||
| 8 | Sam Navabi | Independent | 168 | — | ||
| 9 | Roger Nettleship | Fight For an Anti-War Government | 91 | — |
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.