UK general elections › 2010 › Wentworth and Dearne
Wentworth and Dearne — 2010
John Healey (Labour Party) was elected with 21,316 votes— 50.6% of 42,106 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,106
| 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 | John Healey | Labour Party | 21,316 | 50.6% | +0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michelle Donelan | Conservative Party | 7,396 | 17.6% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Love | Liberal Democrats | 6,787 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | John Wilkinson | UK Independence Party | 3,418 | 8.1% | — | |
| 5 | George Baldwin | British National Party | 3,189 | 7.6% | — |
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.