UK general elections › 2010 › Upper Bann
Upper Bann — 2010
David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 14,000 votes— 33.8% of 41,383 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. 33.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −16.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,383
| 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 Simpson | Democratic Unionist Party | 14,000 | 33.8% | −16.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Harry Hamilton | Independent | 10,639 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | John O'Dowd | Sinn Féin | 10,237 | 24.7% | — | |
| 4 | Dolores Kelly | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5,276 | 12.7% | — | |
| 5 | Brendan Heading | Alliance | 1,231 | 3.0% | — |
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.