Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 Yorkshire and The Humber, England - Elections won by Labour

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Figures presented for Labour include those candidates certified by both the Labour and the Co-operative parties.

Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Majority
Barnsley Central ILLSLEY, Eric 65,543 56.5% 17,487 47.3% -10.4% 11,093
Barnsley East DUGHER, Michael 68,435 56.1% 18,059 47.0% -23.9% 11,090
Batley and Spen WOOD, Mike 76,738 66.6% 21,565 42.2% -3.1% 4,406
Bradford South SUTCLIFFE, Gerry 63,580 59.8% 15,682 41.3% -7.0% 4,622
Bradford West SINGH, Marsha 62,519 64.9% 18,401 45.3% 5.6% 5,763
Doncaster Central WINTERTON, Rosie 72,985 57.2% 16,569 39.7% -11.3% 6,229
Doncaster North MILIBAND, Edward 71,681 57.9% 19,637 47.3% -3.8% 10,909
Don Valley FLINT, Caroline 72,597 59.8% 16,472 37.9% -18.6% 3,595
Great Grimsby MITCHELL, Austin 61,229 53.8% 10,777 32.7% -14.4% 714
Halifax RIORDAN, Linda 70,380 61.9% 16,278 37.4% -4.5% 1,472
Hemsworth TRICKETT, Jon 75,542 58.0% 20,506 46.8% -11.9% 9,844
Huddersfield SHEERMAN, Barry 66,318 61.1% 15,725 38.8% -7.6% 4,472
Kingston upon Hull East TURNER, Karl 67,530 50.6% 16,387 47.9% -8.1% 8,597
Kingston upon Hull North JOHNSON, Diana 64,082 52.0% 13,044 39.2% -13.1% 641
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle JOHNSON, Alan 57,264 55.0% 13,378 42.5% -12.6% 5,742
Leeds Central BENN, Hilary 81,266 46.0% 18,434 49.3% -10.2% 10,645
Leeds East MUDIE, George 64,698 58.4% 19,056 50.4% -9.4% 10,293
Leeds North East HAMILTON, Fabian 67,899 70.0% 20,287 42.7% -3.0% 4,545
Leeds West REEVES, Rachel 67,453 57.5% 16,389 42.3% -13.9% 7,016
Morley and Outwood BALLS, Ed 74,891 65.2% 18,365 37.6% -8.4% 1,101
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford COOPER, Yvette 82,336 56.2% 22,293 48.2% -17.1% 10,979
Penistone and Stocksbridge SMITH, Angela 68,480 67.9% 17,565 37.8% -7.4% 3,049
Rotherham MACSHANE, Denis 63,563 59.0% 16,741 44.6% -13.1% 10,462
Rother Valley BARRON, Kevin 72,847 64.2% 19,147 40.9% -10.6% 5,866
Scunthorpe DAKIN, Nick 63,089 58.7% 14,640 39.5% -12.5% 2,549
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough BLUNKETT, David 67,740 57.4% 21,400 55.0% -14.6% 13,632
Sheffield Central BLOMFIELD, Paul 67,554 61.4% 17,138 41.3% -5.2% 165
Sheffield, Heeley MUNN, Meg 65,571 62.3% 17,409 42.6% -11.5% 5,807
Sheffield South East BETTS, Clive 67,068 61.7% 20,169 48.7% -11.6% 10,505
Wakefield CREAGH, Mary 70,812 62.8% 17,454 39.3% -4.8% 1,613
Wentworth and Dearne HEALEY, John 72,586 58.0% 21,316 50.6% -11.2% 13,920
York Central BAYLEY, Hugh 76,439 60.8% 18,573 40.0% -8.9% 6,451

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

This was the first election on a new set of constituency boundaries in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The vote share calculations in those countries are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.