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Stockton North — 2010

Alex Cunningham (Labour Party) was elected with 16,923 votes— 42.8% of 39,498 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,498

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Alex Cunningham Labour Party 16,923−7.2 ptsElected
2Ian Galletley Conservative Party 10,247—
3Philip Latham Liberal Democrats 6,342—
4James Macpherson British National Party 1,724—
5Frank Cook Independent 1,577—
6Gordon Parkin UK Independence Party 1,556—
7Ian Saul English Democrats 1,129—

Electorate 66,752 · Turnout 59.2% · Majority 6,676 · Back to 2010 overview

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.