UK general elections › 2010 › Washington and Sunderland West
Washington and Sunderland West — 2010
Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 19,615 votes— 52.5% of 37,334 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,334
| 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 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour Party | 19,615 | 52.5% | +2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Cuthbert | Conservative Party | 8,157 | 21.8% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Andras | Liberal Democrats | 6,382 | 17.1% | — | |
| 4 | Ian McDonald | British National Party | 1,913 | 5.1% | — | |
| 5 | Linda Hudson | UK Independence Party | 1,267 | 3.4% | — |
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.