UK general elections › 2010 › Wythenshawe and Sale East
Wythenshawe and Sale East — 2010
Paul Goggins (Labour Party) was elected with 17,987 votes— 44.1% of 40,751 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. 44.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,751
| 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 Goggins | Labour Party | 17,987 | 44.1% | −5.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Janet Clowes | Conservative Party | 10,412 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Martin Eakins | Liberal Democrats | 9,107 | 22.3% | — | |
| 4 | Bernard Todd | British National Party | 1,572 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Christopher Cassidy | UK Independence Party | 1,405 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Lynne Worthington | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 268 | 0.7% | — |
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.