Election for the constituency of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Chinyelu Onwurah with a majority of 7,466 - 21.9% - on a turnout of 56.5%.

An electorate of 60,507, having a valid vote count of 34,157 and an invalid vote count of 92.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ONWURAH, Chinyelu Lab 15,694 45.9% -4.6%
KANE, Gareth LD 8,228 24.1% -3.4%
HOLDER, Nick Con 6,611 19.4% 2.8%
BOOTH, Ken BNP 2,302 6.7% -
DAVIES, Martin UKIP 754 2.2% -
PEARSON, John Green 568 1.7% -2.2%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 03:22 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

This constituency of Newcastle Upon Tyne Central was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.