UK general elections › 2010 › Telford
Telford — 2010
David Wright (Labour Party) was elected with 15,974 votes— 38.7% of 41,310 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. 38.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,310
| 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 | David Wright | Labour Party | 15,974 | 38.7% | −11.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tom Biggins | Conservative Party | 14,996 | 36.3% | — | |
| 3 | Phillip Bennion | Liberal Democrats | 6,399 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Denis Allen | UK Independence Party | 2,428 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Phil Spencer | British National Party | 1,513 | 3.7% | — |
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.