UK general elections › 2010 › York Central
York Central — 2010
Hugh Bayley (Labour Party) was elected with 18,573 votes— 40.0% of 46,483 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. 40.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,483
| 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 | Hugh Bayley | Labour Party | 18,573 | 40.0% | −10.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Susan Wade Weeks | Conservative Party | 12,122 | 26.1% | — | |
| 3 | Christian Vassie | Liberal Democrats | 11,694 | 25.2% | — | |
| 4 | Andy Chase | Green Party | 1,669 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Jeff Kelly | British National Party | 1,171 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Abbott | UK Independence Party | 1,100 | 2.4% | — | |
| 7 | Eddie Vee | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 154 | 0.3% | — |
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.