Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 North East, 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
Bishop Auckland GOODMAN, Helen 68,368 60.2% 16,023 39.0% -11.1% 5,218
Blaydon ANDERSON, David 67,808 66.2% 22,297 49.6% -2.0% 9,117
Blyth Valley CAMPBELL, Ronnie 62,900 61.3% 17,156 44.5% -10.5% 6,668
City Of Durham BLACKMAN-WOODS, Roberta 68,832 67.2% 20,496 44.3% -2.9% 3,067
Darlington CHAPMAN, Jenny 68,168 62.9% 16,891 39.4% -12.9% 3,388
Easington MORRIS, Grahame 63,879 54.7% 20,579 58.9% -12.4% 14,982
Gateshead MEARNS, Ian 66,492 57.5% 20,712 54.1% -7.3% 12,549
Hartlepool WRIGHT, Iain 68,927 55.5% 16,267 42.5% -9.0% 5,509
Houghton and Sunderland South PHILLIPSON, Bridget 68,729 55.3% 19,137 50.3% -11.7% 10,990
Jarrow HEPBURN, Stephen 64,350 60.3% 20,910 53.9% -4.9% 12,908
Middlesbrough BELL, Stuart 65,148 51.4% 15,351 45.9% -11.7% 8,689
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland BLENKINSOP, Tom 72,666 63.6% 18,138 39.2% -11.1% 1,677
Newcastle Upon Tyne Central ONWURAH, Chinyelu 60,507 56.5% 15,694 45.9% -4.6% 7,466
Newcastle Upon Tyne East BROWN, Nicholas 64,487 58.7% 17,043 45.0% -7.7% 4,453
Newcastle Upon Tyne North MCKINNELL, Catherine 67,110 65.5% 17,950 40.8% -9.0% 3,414
North Durham JONES, Kevan 67,544 60.7% 20,698 50.5% -13.6% 12,076
North Tyneside GLINDON, Mary 77,690 59.7% 23,505 50.7% -8.7% 12,884
North West Durham GLASS, Pat 70,350 62.3% 18,539 42.3% -11.6% 7,612
Sedgefield WILSON, Phil 64,728 62.1% 18,141 45.1% -13.9% 8,696
South Shields MILIBAND, David 64,084 57.0% 18,995 52.0% -8.8% 11,109
Stockton North CUNNINGHAM, Alex 66,752 59.2% 16,923 42.8% -12.0% 6,676
Sunderland Central ELLIOTT, Julie 74,485 57.0% 19,495 45.9% -4.1% 6,725
Tynemouth CAMPBELL, Alan 75,680 69.6% 23,860 45.3% -3.0% 5,739
Wansbeck LAVERY, Ian 61,782 61.9% 17,548 45.8% -9.3% 7,031
Washington and Sunderland West HODGSON, Sharon 68,910 54.2% 19,615 52.5% -16.2% 11,458

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.