UK general elections › 2010 › Workington
Workington — 2010
Tony Cunningham (Labour Party) was elected with 17,865 votes— 45.5% of 39,259 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. 45.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,259
| 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 | Tony Cunningham | Labour Party | 17,865 | 45.5% | −4.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Judith Pattinson | Conservative Party | 13,290 | 33.9% | — | |
| 3 | Stan Collins | Liberal Democrats | 5,318 | 13.5% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Wingfield | British National Party | 1,496 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Stephen Lee | UK Independence Party | 876 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Rob Logan | English Democrats | 414 | 1.1% | — |
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.