UK general elections › 2010 › St Helens North
St Helens North — 2010
Dave Watts (Labour Party) was elected with 23,041 votes— 51.7% of 44,556 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,556
| 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 | Dave Watts | Labour Party | 23,041 | 51.7% | +1.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Greenall | Conservative Party | 9,940 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | John Beirne | Liberal Democrats | 8,992 | 20.2% | — | |
| 4 | Gary Robinson | UK Independence Party | 2,100 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | S. B. Whatham | Socialist Labour Party | 483 | 1.1% | — |
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.