Election Results

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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Wigan on 6 May 2010.

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

Labour hold by Lisa Nandy with a majority of 10,487 - 23.8% - on a turnout of 58.5%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
NANDY, Lisa Lab 21,404 48.5% -9.6%
WINSTANLEY, Michael Con 10,917 24.7% 5.8%
CLAYTON, Richard LD 6,797 15.4% -1.5%
FREEMAN, Alan UKIP 2,516 5.7% 2.3%
MATHER, Charles BNP 2,506 5.7% -

An electorate of 75,407, having a valid vote count of 44,140 and an invalid vote count of 162.

Result declared at 04:10 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 Wigan 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 calculated from notional results.