UK general elections › 2010 › Wigan
Wigan — 2010
Lisa Nandy (Labour Party) was elected with 21,404 votes— 48.5% of 44,140 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,140
| 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 | Lisa Nandy | Labour Party | 21,404 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Winstanley | Conservative Party | 10,917 | 24.7% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 6,797 | 15.4% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Freeman | UK Independence Party | 2,516 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | Charles Mather | British National Party | 2,506 | 5.7% | — |
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.