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Stoke-on-Trent Central — 2010
Tristram Hunt (Labour Party) was elected with 12,605 votes— 38.8% of 32,470 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. 38.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,470
| 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 | Tristram Hunt | Labour Party | 12,605 | 38.8% | −11.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Redfern | Liberal Democrats | 7,039 | 21.7% | — | |
| 3 | Norsheen Bhatti | Conservative Party | 6,833 | 21.0% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Darby | British National Party | 2,502 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Carol Lovatt | UK Independence Party | 1,402 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Breeze | Independent | 959 | 3.0% | — | |
| 7 | Gary Elsby | Independent | 399 | 1.2% | — | |
| 8 | Brian Ward | City Independents | 303 | 0.9% | — | |
| 9 | Alby Walker | Independent | 295 | 0.9% | — | |
| 10 | Matthew Wright | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 133 | 0.4% | — |
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.