UK general elections › 2010 › Wirral South
Wirral South — 2010
Alison McGovern (Labour Party) was elected with 16,276 votes— 40.8% of 39,906 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. 40.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,906
| 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 | Alison McGovern | Labour Party | 16,276 | 40.8% | −9.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jeff Clarke | Conservative Party | 15,745 | 39.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jamie Saddler | Liberal Democrats | 6,611 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | David Scott | UK Independence Party | 1,274 | 3.2% | — |
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.