UK general elections › 2010 › West Bromwich East
West Bromwich East — 2010
Tom Watson (Labour Party) was elected with 17,657 votes— 46.5% of 37,950 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. 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,950
| 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 | Tom Watson | Labour Party | 17,657 | 46.5% | −3.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alistair Thompson | Conservative Party | 10,961 | 28.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Garrett | Liberal Democrats | 4,993 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Terry Lewin | British National Party | 2,205 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Cowles | English Democrats | 1,150 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Steven Grey | UK Independence Party | 984 | 2.6% | — |
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.