UK general elections › 2010 › St Helens South and Whiston
St Helens South and Whiston — 2010
Shaun Woodward (Labour Party) was elected with 24,364 votes— 52.9% of 46,081 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,081
| 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 | Shaun Woodward | Labour Party | 24,364 | 52.9% | +2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Brian Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 10,242 | 22.2% | — | |
| 3 | Val Allen | Conservative Party | 8,209 | 17.8% | — | |
| 4 | James Winstanley | British National Party | 2,040 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | John Sumner | UK Independence Party | 1,226 | 2.7% | — |
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.