Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 East of England, 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.

Read the House of Commons Library briefing.

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
Luton North HOPKINS, Kelvin 65,645 65.5% 21,192 49.3% 0.7% 7,520
Luton South SHUKER, Gavin 65,219 64.7% 14,725 34.9% -7.9% 2,329

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.