UK general elections › 2010 › Wansbeck
Wansbeck — 2010
Ian Lavery (Labour Party) was elected with 17,548 votes— 45.8% of 38,273 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. 45.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,273
| 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 | Ian Lavery | Labour Party | 17,548 | 45.8% | −4.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Reed | Liberal Democrats | 10,517 | 27.5% | — | |
| 3 | Campbell Storey | Conservative Party | 6,714 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Finlay | British National Party | 1,418 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Linda-Lee Stokoe | UK Independence Party | 974 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Nic Best | Green Party | 601 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Malcolm Reid | Independent | 359 | 0.9% | — | |
| 8 | Michael Flynn | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 142 | 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.