UK general elections › 2010 › Wirral West
Wirral West — 2010
Esther McVey (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,726 votes— 42.5% of 39,372 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,372
| 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 | Esther McVey | Conservative Party | 16,726 | 42.5% | −7.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Phil Davies | Labour Party | 14,290 | 36.3% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Reisdorf | Liberal Democrats | 6,630 | 16.8% | — | |
| 4 | Philip Griffiths | UK Independence Party | 899 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | David Kirwan | Independent | 506 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | David James | Common Sense Party | 321 | 0.8% | — |
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.