UK general elections › 2010 › Sunderland Central
Sunderland Central — 2010
Julie Elliott (Labour Party) was elected with 19,495 votes— 45.9% of 42,463 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,463
| 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 | Julie Elliott | Labour Party | 19,495 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lee Martin | Conservative Party | 12,770 | 30.1% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Dixon | Liberal Democrats | 7,191 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Paul McCaffrey | British National Party | 1,913 | 4.5% | — | |
| 5 | Pauline Featonby-Warren | UK Independence Party | 1,094 | 2.6% | — |
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.