Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 East of England, England - Elections contested 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 | Position |
| Basildon and Billericay | DAVIES, Allan | 65,515 | 63.4% | 9,584 | 23.1% | -11.7% | 2nd |
| Bedford | HALL, Patrick | 68,530 | 65.8% | 16,193 | 35.9% | -5.7% | 2nd |
| Braintree | EDWARDS, Bill | 71,163 | 69.1% | 9,780 | 19.9% | -10.8% | 2nd |
| Brentwood and Ongar | BENZING, Heidi | 69,309 | 73.0% | 4,992 | 9.9% | -4.9% | 3rd |
| Broadland | BARRON, Allyson | 72,445 | 72.7% | 7,287 | 13.8% | -9.8% | 3rd |
| Broxbourne | WATSON, Michael | 71,391 | 64.0% | 8,040 | 17.6% | -7.9% | 2nd |
| Bury St Edmunds | HIND, Kevin | 84,716 | 69.3% | 9,776 | 16.6% | -10.7% | 3rd |
| Cambridge | ZEICHNER, Daniel | 74,699 | 67.1% | 12,174 | 24.3% | -8.2% | 3rd |
| Castle Point | WARE-LANE, Julian | 67,284 | 66.9% | 6,609 | 14.7% | -15.7% | 3rd |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | JOSHI, Bhavna | 75,786 | 70.5% | 8,636 | 16.2% | -12.3% | 3rd |
| Chelmsford | DIXON, Peter | 77,525 | 70.4% | 5,980 | 11.0% | -16.0% | 3rd |
| Clacton | HENDERSON, Ivan | 67,194 | 64.2% | 10,799 | 25.0% | -10.9% | 2nd |
| Colchester | NEWELL, Jordan | 74,064 | 62.3% | 5,680 | 12.3% | -7.9% | 3rd |
| Epping Forest | CURTIS, Katie | 72,186 | 64.5% | 6,641 | 14.3% | -7.2% | 3rd |
| Great Yarmouth | WRIGHT, Anthony | 70,315 | 61.2% | 14,295 | 33.2% | -12.4% | 2nd |
| Harlow | RAMMELL, Bill | 67,583 | 64.9% | 14,766 | 33.7% | -7.7% | 2nd |
| Harwich and North Essex | BARRENGER, Darren | 70,743 | 69.3% | 9,774 | 19.9% | -10.9% | 3rd |
| Hemel Hempstead | ORHAN, Ayfer | 72,752 | 68.0% | 10,295 | 20.8% | -18.9% | 3rd |
| Hertford and Stortford | TERRY, Steve | 78,459 | 70.6% | 7,620 | 13.8% | -10.5% | 3rd |
| Hertsmere | RUSSELL, Sam | 73,057 | 64.7% | 8,871 | 18.8% | -8.4% | 2nd |
| Hitchin and Harpenden | DE BOTTON, Oliver | 73,851 | 74.1% | 7,413 | 13.6% | -8.4% | 3rd |
| Huntingdon | COX, Anthea | 83,557 | 64.9% | 5,982 | 11.0% | -7.4% | 3rd |
| Ipswich | MOLE, Chris | 75,770 | 62.0% | 16,292 | 34.7% | -8.2% | 2nd |
| Luton North | HOPKINS, Kelvin | 65,645 | 65.5% | 21,192 | 49.3% | 0.7% | 1st |
| Luton South | SHUKER, Gavin | 65,219 | 64.7% | 14,725 | 34.9% | -7.9% | 1st |
| Maldon | NANDANWAR, Swatantra | 68,777 | 69.6% | 6,070 | 12.7% | -11.5% | 3rd |
| Mid Bedfordshire | REEVES, David | 76,310 | 71.9% | 8,108 | 14.8% | -7.7% | 3rd |
| Mid Norfolk | HUGHES, Elizabeth | 74,260 | 68.4% | 8,857 | 17.4% | -12.8% | 3rd |
| North East Bedfordshire | BROWN, Edward | 78,060 | 71.2% | 8,957 | 16.1% | -9.1% | 3rd |
| North East Cambridgeshire | ROBERTS, Peter | 73,224 | 71.1% | 9,274 | 17.8% | -12.8% | 3rd |
| North East Hertfordshire | KIRKMAN, David | 72,200 | 69.8% | 8,291 | 16.4% | -11.9% | 3rd |
| North Norfolk | HARRIS, Phillip | 67,851 | 73.2% | 2,896 | 5.8% | -3.1% | 3rd |
| North West Cambridgeshire | YORK, Chris | 88,851 | 65.6% | 9,877 | 16.9% | -8.7% | 3rd |
| North West Norfolk | SOOD, Manish | 73,105 | 65.4% | 6,353 | 13.3% | -18.3% | 3rd |
| Norwich North | COOK, John | 64,814 | 65.7% | 13,379 | 31.4% | -15.7% | 2nd |
| Norwich South | CLARKE, Charles | 73,649 | 64.6% | 13,650 | 28.7% | -8.7% | 2nd |
| Peterborough | MURPHY, Edward | 70,278 | 63.9% | 13,272 | 29.5% | -4.8% | 2nd |
| Rayleigh and Wickford | LE-SURF, Mike | 75,661 | 69.2% | 7,577 | 14.5% | -12.0% | 3rd |
| Rochford and Southend East | BONAVIA, Kevin | 71,467 | 58.3% | 8,459 | 20.3% | -11.3% | 2nd |
| Saffron Walden | LIGHT, Barbara | 76,035 | 71.5% | 5,288 | 9.7% | -4.5% | 3rd |
| South Basildon and East Thurrock | SMITH, Angela | 71,874 | 62.2% | 13,852 | 31.0% | -9.7% | 2nd |
| South Cambridgeshire | SADIQ, Tariq | 78,995 | 74.8% | 6,024 | 10.2% | -9.5% | 3rd |
| South East Cambridgeshire | COWAN, John | 83,068 | 69.3% | 4,380 | 7.6% | -13.8% | 3rd |
| Southend West | FLYNN, Thomas | 66,918 | 65.2% | 5,850 | 13.4% | -9.2% | 3rd |
| South Norfolk | CASTLE, Mick | 76,179 | 72.2% | 7,252 | 13.2% | -9.0% | 3rd |
| South Suffolk | BISHTON, Emma | 72,498 | 70.9% | 7,368 | 14.3% | -10.1% | 3rd |
| South West Bedfordshire | BONE, Jennifer | 76,559 | 66.3% | 9,948 | 19.6% | -10.6% | 3rd |
| South West Hertfordshire | MANN, Harinder | 78,248 | 72.5% | 6,526 | 11.5% | -9.3% | 3rd |
| South West Norfolk | SMITH, Peter | 73,758 | 66.6% | 9,119 | 18.6% | -11.4% | 3rd |
| St Albans | MILLS, Roma | 70,058 | 75.4% | 9,288 | 17.6% | -16.7% | 3rd |
| Stevenage | TAYLOR, Sharon | 68,937 | 64.8% | 14,913 | 33.4% | -9.7% | 2nd |
| Suffolk Coastal | LEEDER, Adam | 76,572 | 71.7% | 8,812 | 16.1% | -10.1% | 3rd |
| Thurrock | MORRIS, Carl | 77,758 | 58.9% | 16,777 | 36.6% | -9.6% | 2nd |
| Watford | WARD, Claire | 80,798 | 68.3% | 14,750 | 26.7% | -6.8% | 3rd |
| Waveney | BLIZZARD, Bob | 78,532 | 65.1% | 19,802 | 38.7% | -6.6% | 2nd |
| Welwyn Hatfield | HOBDAY, Mike | 72,058 | 68.0% | 10,471 | 21.4% | -14.9% | 2nd |
| West Suffolk | AHMED, Abul | 74,374 | 64.7% | 7,089 | 14.7% | -14.2% | 3rd |
| Witham | SPADEMAN, John | 66,969 | 69.9% | 8,656 | 18.5% | -13.9% | 3rd |
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.
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 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.