UK general elections › 2010 › Worsley and Eccles South
Worsley and Eccles South — 2010
Barbara Keeley (Labour Party) was elected with 17,892 votes— 42.9% of 41,701 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. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,701
| 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 | Barbara Keeley | Labour Party | 17,892 | 42.9% | −7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Iain Lindley | Conservative Party | 13,555 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Gadsden | Liberal Democrats | 6,883 | 16.5% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Townsend | UK Independence Party | 2,037 | 4.9% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Whitelegg | English Democrats | 1,334 | 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.