UK general elections › 2010 › Wolverhampton South West
Wolverhampton South West — 2010
Paul Uppal (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,344 votes— 40.7% of 40,160 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,160
| 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 | Paul Uppal | Conservative Party | 16,344 | 40.7% | −9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rob Marris | Labour Party | 15,653 | 39.0% | — | |
| 3 | Robin Lawrence | Liberal Democrats | 6,430 | 16.0% | — | |
| 4 | Amanda Mobberley | UK Independence Party | 1,487 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Ray Barry | Equal Parenting Alliance | 246 | 0.6% | — |
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.