UK general elections › 2010 › West Lancashire
West Lancashire — 2010
Rosie Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 21,883 votes— 45.1% of 48,473 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,473
| 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 | Rosie Cooper | Labour Party | 21,883 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Adrian Owens | Conservative Party | 17,540 | 36.2% | — | |
| 3 | John Gibson | Liberal Democrats | 6,573 | 13.6% | — | |
| 4 | Damon Noone | UK Independence Party | 1,775 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Cranie | Green Party | 485 | 1.0% | — | |
| 6 | David Braid | Clause 28, Children's Protection Christian Democrats | 217 | 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.